lintrum
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
A second-declension collateral form of the usually third-declension noun linter.
Noun edit
lintrum
Usage notes edit
- The gender is variable. For a neuter-gender noun, lintrum would also be the nominative form. For a feminine noun of the second declension, the corresponding nominative form would be *lintrus. For a masculine noun of the second declension, the corresponding nominative form would be either *lintrus or linter.
References edit
- lintrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Etymology 2 edit
A third-declension consonant-stem genitive plural form of the noun linter. The i-stem genitive plural form lintrium also exists.
Noun edit
lintrum