soricinus

Latin

Etymology

From sōrex (“shrew-mouse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /soː.riˈkiː.nus/, [s̠oːrɪˈkiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /so.riˈt͡ʃi.nus/, [soriˈt͡ʃiːnus]

Adjective

sōricīnus (feminine sōricīna, neuter sōricīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (hapax) (relational) shrew
   • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 4.8.47–49, (The meaning of 'sōricīna nēnia'―literally 'shrew ditty'―is obscure):

     Sī tibi est machaera, at nōbīs veruīna est domī
     quă quidem tē faciam, sī tū mē inrītāverīs,
     cōnfossiōrem sōricīnā nēniā.

     If you've got a sword, we've got a javelin at home,
     with which I'll make you, if you annoy me,
     more pierced through than a shrew ditty.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sōricīnus	sōricīna	sōricīnum		sōricīnī	sōricīnae	sōricīna
genitive	sōricīnī	sōricīnae	sōricīnī		sōricīnōrum	sōricīnārum	sōricīnōrum
dative	sōricīnō	sōricīnae	sōricīnō		sōricīnīs
accusative	sōricīnum	sōricīnam	sōricīnum		sōricīnōs	sōricīnās	sōricīna
ablative	sōricīnō	sōricīnā	sōricīnō		sōricīnīs
vocative	sōricīne	sōricīna	sōricīnum		sōricīnī	sōricīnae	sōricīna

References

• “soricinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• soricinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.