vulpinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• volpīnus

Etymology

From vulpēs (“fox”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯ulˈpiː.nus/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈpiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vulˈpi.nus/, [vulˈpiːnus]

Adjective

vulpīnus (feminine vulpīna, neuter vulpīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) vulpine, fox

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vulpīnus	vulpīna	vulpīnum		vulpīnī	vulpīnae	vulpīna
genitive	vulpīnī	vulpīnae	vulpīnī		vulpīnōrum	vulpīnārum	vulpīnōrum
dative	vulpīnō	vulpīnae	vulpīnō		vulpīnīs
accusative	vulpīnum	vulpīnam	vulpīnum		vulpīnōs	vulpīnās	vulpīna
ablative	vulpīnō	vulpīnā	vulpīnō		vulpīnīs
vocative	vulpīne	vulpīna	vulpīnum		vulpīnī	vulpīnae	vulpīna

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Old Italian: volpigno
    • Italian: volpino
• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: vulpí
  • → English: vulpine
  • → French: vulpin
  • → Piedmontese: vulpin
  • → Portuguese: vulpino
  • → Spanish: vulpino

References

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