serpentinus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From serpēns (“serpent”) + -īnus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ser.penˈtiː.nus/, [s̠ɛrpɛn̪ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ser.penˈti.nus/, [serpen̪ˈt̪iːnus]
Adjective[edit]
serpentīnus (feminine serpentīna, neuter serpentīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- serpentine; of or pertaining to a serpent or snake
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | serpentīnus | serpentīna | serpentīnum | serpentīnī | serpentīnae | serpentīna | |
| Genitive | serpentīnī | serpentīnae | serpentīnī | serpentīnōrum | serpentīnārum | serpentīnōrum | |
| Dative | serpentīnō | serpentīnō | serpentīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | serpentīnum | serpentīnam | serpentīnum | serpentīnōs | serpentīnās | serpentīna | |
| Ablative | serpentīnō | serpentīnā | serpentīnō | serpentīnīs | |||
| Vocative | serpentīne | serpentīna | serpentīnum | serpentīnī | serpentīnae | serpentīna | |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: serpentine
- French: serpentin
- Italian: serpentino
- Spanish: serpentino
References[edit]
- “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.