Latin edit

Etymology edit

grāmen +‎ -eus

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

grāmineus (feminine grāminea, neuter grāmineum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. grassy

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative grāmineus grāminea grāmineum grāmineī grāmineae grāminea
Genitive grāmineī grāmineae grāmineī grāmineōrum grāmineārum grāmineōrum
Dative grāmineō grāmineō grāmineīs
Accusative grāmineum grāmineam grāmineum grāmineōs grāmineās grāminea
Ablative grāmineō grāmineā grāmineō grāmineīs
Vocative grāminee grāminea grāmineum grāmineī grāmineae grāminea

Descendants edit

  • English: gramineous
  • Italian: gramigna
  • Portuguese: gramíneo
  • Spanish: gramíneo
  • Venetian: gramegna

References edit

  • gramineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gramineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gramineus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.