plinthus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos, “brick”); possibly from earlier Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈplin.tʰus/, [ˈplʲɪn̪t̪ʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈplin.tus/, [ˈplin̪t̪us]
Noun
editplinthus m or f (genitive plinthī); second declension
- (architecture) plinth
- (surveying) a hundred-acre plot of land
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | plinthus | plinthī |
Genitive | plinthī | plinthōrum |
Dative | plinthō | plinthīs |
Accusative | plinthum | plinthōs |
Ablative | plinthō | plinthīs |
Vocative | plinthe | plinthī |
Descendants
edit- Italian: plinto
- Middle French: plinte
- Portuguese: plinto
- → Russian: пли́нтус (plíntus)
- → Ukrainian: плі́нтус (plíntus)
- Spanish: plinto
References
edit- “plinthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- plinthus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “plinthus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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- la:Architecture
- la:Surveying