mastichinus

Latin

Etymology

Post-Classical, borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστίχινος (mastíkhinos), or from mastichē, from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /masˈti.kʰi.nus/, [mäs̠ˈt̪ɪkʰɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /masˈti.ki.nus/, [mäsˈt̪iːkinus]

Adjective

mastichinus (feminine mastichina, neuter mastichinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or belonging to the mastic tree

Declension

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

• mastichē

Descendants

• 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

• “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.