mastichinus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Post-Classical, borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστίχινος (mastíkhinos), or from mastichē, from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /masˈti.kʰi.nus/, [mäs̠ˈt̪ɪkʰɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /masˈti.ki.nus/, [mäsˈt̪iːkinus]
Adjective edit
mastichinus (feminine mastichina, neuter mastichinum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or belonging to the mastic tree
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mastichinus | mastichina | mastichinum | mastichinī | mastichinae | mastichina | |
| Genitive | mastichinī | mastichinae | mastichinī | mastichinōrum | mastichinārum | mastichinōrum | |
| Dative | mastichinō | mastichinō | mastichinīs | ||||
| Accusative | mastichinum | mastichinam | mastichinum | mastichinōs | mastichinās | mastichina | |
| Ablative | mastichinō | mastichinā | mastichinō | mastichinīs | |||
| Vocative | mastichine | mastichina | mastichinum | mastichinī | mastichinae | mastichina | |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Albanian: mështekër (“birch”)
- Aromanian: misteacãn (“birch”)
- Romanian: mesteacăn (“birch”)
- Sicilian: mastigona (“piney thistle”)
Sardinian lustinchinu < Lentiscus is formed analogically after mastichinus <Greek μαστίχα - the same tree.
References edit
- “mastichinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mastichinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.