collinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.?

Latin collis

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin collīnus

From collis (“hill”) + -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔlˈliː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kolˈliː.nus]

Adjective

collīnus (feminine collīna, neuter collīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of a hill; growing on a hill.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	collīnus	collīna	collīnum		collīnī	collīnae	collīna
genitive	collīnī	collīnae	collīnī		collīnōrum	collīnārum	collīnōrum
dative	collīnō	collīnae	collīnō		collīnīs
accusative	collīnum	collīnam	collīnum		collīnōs	collīnās	collīna
ablative	collīnō	collīnā	collīnō		collīnīs
vocative	collīne	collīna	collīnum		collīnī	collīnae	collīna

Derived terms

• collīna

Related terms

• collis

References

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