linum

See also Linum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lino-. Cognate with Lithuanian linas, Greek λίνον (línon), Russian лён (ljon), Albanian li, Old English līne (“line, rope, cord”). More at line.

Noun

līnum (genitive līnī); n, second declension

1. flax
2. linen cloth; garment made of linen
3. rope, line, string, thread, cord, cable
4. net for hunting or fishing
5. wick of a lamp
6. sail

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	līnum	līna
genitive	līnī	līnōrum
dative	līnō	līnīs
accusative	līnum	līna
ablative	līnō	līnīs
vocative	līnum	līna

Synonyms

• (rope, cord): chorda, cōpula, fūnis, mītra, restis, retināculum, rudēns

Derived terms

līnārius līnea līneus līnifer

līnificus līniger linteum linteus

Related terms

Related terms

līneālis līneāmentum līneāris līneārius

līneātiō līneō līneola

linteāmen linteārius linteātus

linteō linteolum linteolus

Descendants

Albanian: li Aromanian: ljin Catalan: lli English: linoleum, lino French: lin Friulian: lin Italian: lino

Jèrriais: lîn Occitan: lin Portuguese: linho Romanian: in Sardinian: linu Spanish: lino Translingual: Linum

References

• linum in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA: /liˈnum/

Noun

linum (plural linums)

1. flax

Declension

declension of linum

	singular	plural
nominative	linum	linums
genitive	linuma	linumas
dative	linume	linumes
accusative	linumi	linumis
predicative	linumu	linumus
vocative	o linum!	o linums!