lentiscus
English
Etymology
From Latin lentiscus. Doublet of lentisk.
Noun
lentiscus
- The mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus).
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Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from lentus (“flexible, pliant”) + -iscus
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫɛnˈtiːs.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [len̪ˈt̪is.kus]
Noun
lentīscus f (genitive lentīscī); second declension
- 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 |
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Descendants
- Catalan: llentisc
- Spanish: lentisco
- Italian: lentisco
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *lentīsculus
- Catalan: llentiscle
- Italian: lentischio
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.