hircinus

hircinus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • hirquīnus

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin hircus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Latin hircīnus

    From hircus + -īnus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    hircīnus (feminine hircīna, neuter hircīnum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. of a goat

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative hircīnus hircīna hircīnum hircīnī hircīnae hircīna
    genitive hircīnī hircīnae hircīnī hircīnōrum hircīnārum hircīnōrum
    dative hircīnō hircīnae hircīnō hircīnīs
    accusative hircīnum hircīnam hircīnum hircīnōs hircīnās hircīna
    ablative hircīnō hircīnā hircīnō hircīnīs
    vocative hircīne hircīna hircīnum hircīnī hircīnae hircīna

    Descendants

    • → English: hircine
    • → French: hircin
    • → Italian: ircino
    • → Portuguese: hircino

    References

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