hircinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• hirquīnus

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin hircus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin hircīnus

From hircus + -īnus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

hircīnus (feminine hircīna, neuter hircīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of a goat

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hircīnus	hircīna	hircīnum		hircīnī	hircīnae	hircīna
genitive	hircīnī	hircīnae	hircīnī		hircīnōrum	hircīnārum	hircīnōrum
dative	hircīnō	hircīnae	hircīnō		hircīnīs
accusative	hircīnum	hircīnam	hircīnum		hircīnōs	hircīnās	hircīna
ablative	hircīnō	hircīnā	hircīnō		hircīnīs
vocative	hircīne	hircīna	hircīnum		hircīnī	hircīnae	hircīna

Descendants

• → English: hircine
• → French: hircin
• → Italian: ircino
• → Portuguese: hircino

References

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