acanthinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin acanthus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -inus

Latin acanthinus

From acanthus + -inus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈkan.tʰɪ.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈkan.ti.nus]

Adjective

acanthinus (feminine acanthina, neuter acanthinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Resembling the plant bear's-foot / stinking hellebore (Helleborus foetidus)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	acanthinus	acanthina	acanthinum		acanthinī	acanthinae	acanthina
genitive	acanthinī	acanthinae	acanthinī		acanthinōrum	acanthinārum	acanthinōrum
dative	acanthinō	acanthinae	acanthinō		acanthinīs
accusative	acanthinum	acanthinam	acanthinum		acanthinōs	acanthinās	acanthina
ablative	acanthinō	acanthinā	acanthinō		acanthinīs
vocative	acanthine	acanthina	acanthinum		acanthinī	acanthinae	acanthina

References

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