suinus

suinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sew-?
Proto-Indo-European *sewH-?
Proto-Indo-European *suH-
Proto-Italic *sūs
Latin su-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Latin suīnus

    From su- + -īnus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    suīnus (feminine suīna, neuter suīnum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. (relational) swine; porcine

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative suīnus suīna suīnum suīnī suīnae suīna
    genitive suīnī suīnae suīnī suīnōrum suīnārum suīnōrum
    dative suīnō suīnae suīnō suīnīs
    accusative suīnum suīnam suīnum suīnōs suīnās suīna
    ablative suīnō suīnā suīnō suīnīs
    vocative suīne suīna suīnum suīnī suīnae suīna

    Descendants

    • Aromanian: sãin
    • Italian: suino
    • → Portuguese: suíno
    • Romanian: sain
    • Spanish: suino

    References

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