carpasinus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰρπᾰ́σῐνος (karpásinos), from κᾰρπᾰ́σος (karpásos, “flax, Linum usitatissimum; cotton; white hellebore (Veratrum album)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /karˈpa.si.nus/, [kärˈpäs̠ɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /karˈpa.si.nus/, [kärˈpäːs̬inus]

Adjective

carpasinus (feminine carpasina, neuter carpasinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. A word found in the Vulgate, and now generally thought to mean "cotton".

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	carpasinus	carpasina	carpasinum		carpasinī	carpasinae	carpasina
Genitive	carpasinī	carpasinae	carpasinī		carpasinōrum	carpasinārum	carpasinōrum
Dative	carpasinō		carpasinō		carpasinīs
Accusative	carpasinum	carpasinam	carpasinum		carpasinōs	carpasinās	carpasina
Ablative	carpasinō	carpasinā	carpasinō		carpasinīs
Vocative	carpasine	carpasina	carpasinum		carpasinī	carpasinae	carpasina