salinum
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Substantivisation of the neuter of an otherwise unattested adjective *salīnus, from sal (“salt”) + -īnus. For the neuter gender, compare vās (“vessel, container”).
Not the source of English saline; see salīna.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [saˈliː.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [saˈliː.num]
Noun
[edit]salīnum n (genitive salīnī); second declension
- salt cellar (tableware)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | salīnum | salīna |
| genitive | salīnī | salīnōrum |
| dative | salīnō | salīnīs |
| accusative | salīnum | salīna |
| ablative | salīnō | salīnīs |
| vocative | salīnum | salīna |
References
[edit]- “salinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “salinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “salinum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.