linteus

Latin

Etymology

Related to līnum (“linen”), but cannot be derived from it due to the short /i/ and /t/. This phonological discrepancy suggests the existence of a noun derived from Old Latin *lintum or derived on an earlier stage, e. g. from Proto-Italic *lintom. Ultimately a probable borrowing.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.te.us/, [ˈlʲɪn̪t̪eʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.te.us/, [ˈlin̪t̪eus]

Adjective

linteus (feminine lintea, neuter linteum); first/second-declension adjective

(relational) linen

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	linteus	lintea	linteum	linteī	linteae	lintea
Genitive	linteī	linteae	linteī	linteōrum	linteārum	linteōrum
Dative	linteō	linteae	linteō	linteīs
Accusative	linteum	linteam	linteum	linteōs	linteās	lintea
Ablative	linteō	linteā	linteō	linteīs
Vocative	lintee	lintea	linteum	linteī	linteae	lintea

Derived terms

linteum

References

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

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “līnum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 344-5

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “līnum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 344-5

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