spinus

See also: Spinus

Latin

Etymology

From spīna.

Pronunciation

Noun

spīnus f (variously declined, genitive spīnī or spīnūs); second declension, fourth declension

  1. thorn-bush, black-thorn, sloe-tree

Declension

Second-declension noun or fourth-declension noun.

Case 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

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: schin
    • Romanian: spin
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Southern 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.
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