Latin edit

Etymology edit

hinnus +‎ -uleus

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hinnuleus m (genitive hinnuleī); second declension

  1. a young mule, a colt, baby hinny

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hinnuleus hinnuleī
Genitive hinnuleī hinnuleōrum
Dative hinnuleō hinnuleīs
Accusative hinnuleum hinnuleōs
Ablative hinnuleō hinnuleīs
Vocative hinnulee hinnuleī

Apparently a different word from inuleus m (genitive inuleī); second declension or inulus m (genitive inulī); second declension, a young stag, fawn.

References edit

  • hinnuleus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hinnuleus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Nisbet, R. G. M.; Hubbard, M. (1970). A Commentary on Horace Odes book 1. Oxford University Press, pp. 274–275 on Horace Odes 1.23.1