sinum

See also: sínum

Icelandic

Noun

sinum

1. indefinite dative plural of sin

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.num/, [ˈs̠iːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.num/, [ˈsiːnum]

Etymology 1

Maybe from a Proto-Indo-European root common with Lithuanian sìlis (“crib”) and sìlė (“trough”).

Alternative forms

• sīnus

Noun

sīnum n (genitive sīnī); second declension

1. A large, round drinking vessel with swelling sides

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	sīnum	sīna
genitive	sīnī	sīnōrum
dative	sīnō	sīnīs
accusative	sīnum	sīna
ablative	sīnō	sīnīs
vocative	sīnum	sīna

Etymology 2

Noun

sinum

1. accusative singular of sinus

References

• “sinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sinum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) on good grounds; reasonably: non sine causa
    
  • (ambiguous) without doubt, beyond all doubt: sine dubio (not sine ullo dubio)
    
  • (ambiguous) without any hesitation; without the least scruple: sine ulla dubitatione
    
  • (ambiguous) without delay: sine mora or nulla mora interposita
    
  • (ambiguous) to be driven into the arms of philosophy: in sinum philosophiae compelli
    
  • (ambiguous) indisputably; incontestably: sine (ulla) controversia
    
  • (ambiguous) to read a speech: de scripto orationem habere, dicere (opp. sine scripto, ex memoria)
    
  • (ambiguous) without any disguise, frankly: sine fuco ac fallaciis (Att. 1. 1. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) with no moderation: sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
    
  • (ambiguous) to lend some one money (without interest): pecuniam alicui credere (sine fenore, usuris)
    
  • (ambiguous) to restore prisoners without ransom: captivos sine pretio reddere
    
• “sinum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.num/

Pronoun

sīnum

1. inflection of sīn:
   1. dative masculine/neuter singular
   2. dative/instrumental masculine/feminine/neuter plural