lentiscus

English

Etymology

From Latin lentiscus. Doublet of lentisk.

Noun

lentiscus

  1. The mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus).

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Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from lentus (flexible, pliant) +‎ -iscus

Pronunciation

Noun

lentīscus f (genitive lentīscī); second declension

  1. The mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lentīscus lentīscī
genitive lentīscī lentīscōrum
dative lentīscō lentīscīs
accusative lentīscum lentīscōs
ablative lentīscō lentīscīs
vocative lentīsce lentīscī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: llentisc
  • Spanish: lentisco
  • Italian: lentisco
  • Vulgar Latin: *lentīsculus

References

  • lentiscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lentiscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lentiscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.