stamineus

Latin

Etymology

From stāmen (“thread”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /staːˈmi.ne.us/, [s̠t̪äːˈmɪneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /staˈmi.ne.us/, [st̪äˈmiːneus]

Adjective

stāmineus (feminine stāminea, neuter stāmineum); first/second-declension adjective

1. consisting of threads, full of threads, thready

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	stāmineus	stāminea	stāmineum		stāmineī	stāmineae	stāminea
genitive	stāmineī	stāmineae	stāmineī		stāmineōrum	stāmineārum	stāmineōrum
dative	stāmineō	stāmineae	stāmineō		stāmineīs
accusative	stāmineum	stāmineam	stāmineum		stāmineōs	stāmineās	stāminea
ablative	stāmineō	stāmineā	stāmineō		stāmineīs
vocative	stāminee	stāminea	stāmineum		stāmineī	stāmineae	stāminea

Descendants

• Galician: estameña
• Italian: stamigna
• Spanish: estameña

References

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