vinus

See also: viņus and vīnus

Latin

Etymology

Masculine counterpart to vīnum in certain informal lects, possibly by analogy with Ancient Greek οἶνος (oînos) or due to a general trend towards reassigning neuters to other genders.

Noun

vīnus m (genitive vīnī); second declension

Nonstandard form of vīnum (“wine”).
- c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 41:
  Vīnus mihi in cerebrum abiit.
  The wine has gone to my head.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vīnus	vīnī
Genitive	vīnī	vīnōrum
Dative	vīnō	vīnīs
Accusative	vīnum	vīnōs
Ablative	vīnō	vīnīs
Vocative	vīne	vīnī

References

vinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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