amitinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin amita

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin amitīnus

From amita (“paternal aunt”) + -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.mɪˈtiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.miˈtiː.nus]

Adjective

amitīnus (feminine amitīna, neuter amitīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Descended from a father's sister.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	amitīnus	amitīna	amitīnum		amitīnī	amitīnae	amitīna
genitive	amitīnī	amitīnae	amitīnī		amitīnōrum	amitīnārum	amitīnōrum
dative	amitīnō	amitīnae	amitīnō		amitīnīs
accusative	amitīnum	amitīnam	amitīnum		amitīnōs	amitīnās	amitīna
ablative	amitīnō	amitīnā	amitīnō		amitīnīs
vocative	amitīne	amitīna	amitīnum		amitīnī	amitīnae	amitīna

Related terms

• amita

References

• “amitinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "amitinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “amitinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.