spinus

See also: Spinus

Latin

Etymology

    From spīna.

    Pronunciation

    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.

    • Balkano-Romance:
      • Aromanian: schin
      • Romanian: spin
    • Italo-Romance:
    • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Gallo-Romance:
    • Ibero-Romance:

    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.