lendis

Latin

Alternative forms

• lendina

Etymology

Restructured from Classical lend-, the oblique stem of lēns. Attested in Theodorus Priscianus and Marcellus Empiricus.

Noun

lendis f (genitive lendinis); third declension (Late Latin)

1. nit, louse

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lendis	lendinēs
Genitive	lendinis	lendinum
Dative	lendinī	lendinibus
Accusative	lendinem	lendinēs
Ablative	lendine	lendinibus
Vocative	lendis	lendinēs

Descendants

(See also lendina.)

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: lendine
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: lendine
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: lleme, llemen, llémec
  • Occitan: lende, linde, lène
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: llendre
  • Spanish: liendre
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *lenditem (alternative accusative)
  • French: lente

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lens, -dis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 250