linteus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Can't be from līnum (“linen”) due to short /i/ and /t/. Suggests the existence of a noun derived from Old Latin *lintum or derived on an earlier stage, e. g. from Proto-Italic *lintom. Ultimately a probable borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlin.te.us/, [ˈlʲɪn̪t̪eʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlin.te.us/, [ˈlin̪t̪eus]
Adjective[edit]
linteus (feminine lintea, neuter linteum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | linteus | lintea | linteum | linteī | linteae | lintea | |
| Genitive | linteī | linteae | linteī | linteōrum | linteārum | linteōrum | |
| Dative | linteō | linteō | linteīs | ||||
| Accusative | linteum | linteam | linteum | linteōs | linteās | lintea | |
| Ablative | linteō | linteā | linteō | linteīs | |||
| Vocative | lintee | lintea | linteum | linteī | linteae | lintea | |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “linteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “linteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- linteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.