linteus
Latin
Etymology
Related to līnum (“linen”), but cannot be derived from it due to the short /i/ and /t/. This phonological discrepancy 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.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈlɪn.te.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlin̪.t̪e.us]
Adjective
linteus (feminine lintea, neuter linteum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) linen
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | linteus | lintea | linteum | linteī | linteae | lintea | |
| genitive | linteī | linteae | linteī | linteōrum | linteārum | linteōrum | |
| dative | linteō | linteae | linteō | linteīs | |||
| accusative | linteum | linteam | linteum | linteōs | linteās | lintea | |
| ablative | linteō | linteā | linteō | linteīs | |||
| vocative | lintee | lintea | linteum | linteī | linteae | lintea | |
Derived terms
References
- “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.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “līnum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 344-5