pinsus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of pīnsō (“pound, beat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpin.sus/, [ˈpĩːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpin.sus/, [ˈpinsus]

Participle

pīnsus (feminine pīnsa, neuter pīnsum); first/second-declension participle

1. pounded, beaten

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pīnsus	pīnsa	pīnsum		pīnsī	pīnsae	pīnsa
Genitive	pīnsī	pīnsae	pīnsī		pīnsōrum	pīnsārum	pīnsōrum
Dative	pīnsō		pīnsō		pīnsīs
Accusative	pīnsum	pīnsam	pīnsum		pīnsōs	pīnsās	pīnsa
Ablative	pīnsō	pīnsā	pīnsō		pīnsīs
Vocative	pīnse	pīnsa	pīnsum		pīnsī	pīnsae	pīnsa

Related terms

• pistus

References

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