scrofinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin scrōfa

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin scrōfīnus

From scrōfa + -īnus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

scrōfīnus (feminine scrōfīna, neuter scrōfīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to a sow (female pig)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	scrōfīnus	scrōfīna	scrōfīnum		scrōfīnī	scrōfīnae	scrōfīna
genitive	scrōfīnī	scrōfīnae	scrōfīnī		scrōfīnōrum	scrōfīnārum	scrōfīnōrum
dative	scrōfīnō	scrōfīnae	scrōfīnō		scrōfīnīs
accusative	scrōfīnum	scrōfīnam	scrōfīnum		scrōfīnōs	scrōfīnās	scrōfīna
ablative	scrōfīnō	scrōfīnā	scrōfīnō		scrōfīnīs
vocative	scrōfīne	scrōfīna	scrōfīnum		scrōfīnī	scrōfīnae	scrōfīna

References

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