hinnitus

Latin

Etymology

From hinniō (“I neigh”) +‎ -tus (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /hinˈniː.tus/, [hɪnˈniːt̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈni.tus/, [inˈniːt̪us]

Noun

hinnītus m (genitive hinnītūs); fourth declension

neigh, the cry of a horse

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hinnītus	hinnītūs
Genitive	hinnītūs	hinnītuum
Dative	hinnītuī	hinnītibus
Accusative	hinnītum	hinnītūs
Ablative	hinnītū	hinnītibus
Vocative	hinnītus	hinnītūs

References

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

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