vinus

See also: viņus and vīnus

Latin

Etymology

Masculine counterpart to vīnum in certain informal lects, possibly by analogy with Ancient Greek οἶνος (oînos) or due to a general trend towards reassigning neuters to other genders.

Noun

vīnus m (genitive vīnī); second declension

1. Nonstandard form of vīnum (“wine”).
   • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 41:

     Vīnus mihi in cerebrum abiit.

     The wine has gone to my head.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vīnus	vīnī
genitive	vīnī	vīnōrum
dative	vīnō	vīnīs
accusative	vīnum	vīnōs
ablative	vīnō	vīnīs
vocative	vīne	vīnī

References

• vinus 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)