serpentinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *serp-

Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti

Proto-Italic *serpō

Latin serpō

Latin serpēns

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin serpentīnus

From serpēns (“serpent”) + -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛr.pɛnˈtiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ser.penˈtiː.nus]

Adjective

serpentīnus (feminine serpentīna, neuter serpentīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. serpentine; of or pertaining to a serpent or snake

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	serpentīnus	serpentīna	serpentīnum		serpentīnī	serpentīnae	serpentīna
genitive	serpentīnī	serpentīnae	serpentīnī		serpentīnōrum	serpentīnārum	serpentīnōrum
dative	serpentīnō	serpentīnae	serpentīnō		serpentīnīs
accusative	serpentīnum	serpentīnam	serpentīnum		serpentīnōs	serpentīnās	serpentīna
ablative	serpentīnō	serpentīnā	serpentīnō		serpentīnīs
vocative	serpentīne	serpentīna	serpentīnum		serpentīnī	serpentīnae	serpentīna

Related terms

• serpēns
• serpentāria
• serpentigena
• serpentipēs
• serpō
• serpula

Descendants

• English: serpentine
• French: serpentin
• Italian: serpentino
• Portuguese: serpentino
• Spanish: serpentino

References

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