morticinus

Latin

Etymology

From mortuus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mor.tiˈkiː.nus/, [mɔrt̪ɪˈkiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mor.tiˈt͡ʃi.nus/, [mort̪iˈt͡ʃiːnus]

Adjective

morticīnus (feminine morticīna, neuter morticīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (of an animal) dead (that has died naturally); (relational) carrion

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	morticīnus	morticīna	morticīnum		morticīnī	morticīnae	morticīna
Genitive	morticīnī	morticīnae	morticīnī		morticīnōrum	morticīnārum	morticīnōrum
Dative	morticīnō		morticīnō		morticīnīs
Accusative	morticīnum	morticīnam	morticīnum		morticīnōs	morticīnās	morticīna
Ablative	morticīnō	morticīnā	morticīnō		morticīnīs
Vocative	morticīne	morticīna	morticīnum		morticīnī	morticīnae	morticīna

Descendants

• Aromanian: murtãciuni, murtutsinã
• Catalan: mortina
• Italian: morticino
• Portuguese: mortezinho
• Romanian: mortăciune
• Spanish: mortecino, mortecina

References

• “morticinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• morticinus 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)
• morticinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.