spinus

See also: Spinus

Latin

Etymology

From spīna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspiː.nus/, [ˈs̠piːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.nus/, [ˈspiːnus]

Noun

spīnus f (genitive spīnī or spīnūs); variously declined, second declension, fourth declension

1. thorn-bush, black-thorn, sloe-tree

Declension

Second-declension noun or fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	spīnus	spīnī spīnūs
genitive	spīnī spīnūs	spīnōrum spīnuum
dative	spīnō spīnuī	spīnīs spīnibus
accusative	spīnum	spīnōs spīnūs
ablative	spīnō spīnū	spīnīs spīnibus
vocative	spīne spīnus	spīnī spīnūs

Descendants

See also spīna.

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: schin
  • Romanian: spin
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italian: spino
• Occitano-Romance
  • Occitan: espin
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: spin
• West Iberian
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Galician: espiño
    • Portuguese: espinho
  • Spanish: espino

References

• “spinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.