bacinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• bassinus, bacenus, bacinium n, bacina f

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“basin, wide bowl”), attested as bacchinon in Late Latin, either from bacca (“vessel”), probably of Gaulish origin, or directly from Gaulish *bakkinon (“cup, wooden bowl”).

Noun

bacinus m (genitive bacinī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

1. basin
2. font (oil reservoir for a lamp)
3. bascinet
4. gong
5. a small dry measure

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bacinus	bacinī
Genitive	bacinī	bacinōrum
Dative	bacinō	bacinīs
Accusative	bacinum	bacinōs
Ablative	bacinō	bacinīs
Vocative	bacine	bacinī

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “bacinus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• bacinium in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “bacinus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 76