hircinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• hirquīnus

Etymology

From hircus +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hirˈkiː.nus/, [hɪrˈkiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /irˈt͡ʃi.nus/, [irˈt͡ʃiːnus]

Adjective

hircīnus (feminine hircīna, neuter hircīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of a goat

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hircīnus	hircīna	hircīnum		hircīnī	hircīnae	hircīna
Genitive	hircīnī	hircīnae	hircīnī		hircīnōrum	hircīnārum	hircīnōrum
Dative	hircīnō		hircīnō		hircīnīs
Accusative	hircīnum	hircīnam	hircīnum		hircīnōs	hircīnās	hircīna
Ablative	hircīnō	hircīnā	hircīnō		hircīnīs
Vocative	hircīne	hircīna	hircīnum		hircīnī	hircīnae	hircīna

Descendants

• → English: hircine
• French: hircin
• Italian: ircino
• Portuguese: hircino

References

• “hircinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hircinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.