ricinus

See also: Ricinus

English

Noun

ricinus (plural ricinuses)

1. Any member of the genus Ricinus.

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin ricinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrit͡sinuʃ]
• Hyphenation: ri‧ci‧nus

Noun

ricinus (plural ricinusok)

1. castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ricinus	ricinusok
accusative	ricinust	ricinusokat
dative	ricinusnak	ricinusoknak
instrumental	ricinussal	ricinusokkal
causal-final	ricinusért	ricinusokért
translative	ricinussá	ricinusokká
terminative	ricinusig	ricinusokig
essive-formal	ricinusként	ricinusokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ricinusban	ricinusokban
superessive	ricinuson	ricinusokon
adessive	ricinusnál	ricinusoknál
illative	ricinusba	ricinusokba
sublative	ricinusra	ricinusokra
allative	ricinushoz	ricinusokhoz
elative	ricinusból	ricinusokból
delative	ricinusról	ricinusokról
ablative	ricinustól	ricinusoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	ricinusé	ricinusoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ricinuséi	ricinusokéi

Possessive forms of ricinus
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ricinusom	ricinusaim
2nd person sing.	ricinusod	ricinusaid
3rd person sing.	ricinusa	ricinusai
1st person plural	ricinusunk	ricinusaink
2nd person plural	ricinusotok	ricinusaitok
3rd person plural	ricinusuk	ricinusaik

Derived terms

• ricinusos

Compound words

• ricinusmag
• ricinusnövény
• ricinusolaj

 

Further reading

• ricinus in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *Horegʰ-. Cognate with Armenian ոջիլ (oǰil), Albanian ergjëz, Lithuanian érkė, Latvian ērce, Sanskrit रिक्षा (rikṣā) and Persian رشک.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ki.nus/, [ˈrɪkɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.t͡ʃi.nus/, [ˈriːt͡ʃinus]

Noun

ricinus m (genitive ricinī); second declension

1. tick (arachnid)
2. castor oil plant, Ricinus (and its seeds)
3. mulberry seeds

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ricinus	ricinī
Genitive	ricinī	ricinōrum
Dative	ricinō	ricinīs
Accusative	ricinum	ricinōs
Ablative	ricinō	ricinīs
Vocative	ricine	ricinī

Descendants

• (castor):
  • → Translingual: Ricinus
  • → Catalan: ricí
  • → English: ricin
  • → French: ricin
  • → German: Rizinus
  • → Italian: ricina
  • → Romanian: ricin
  • → Spanish: ricino
• (tick):
  • → Albanian: rriqër
  • Asturian: rendu, rédinu
  • Catalan: rènec
  • Dalmatian: drecno
  • Gallurese: rìcini, irrìcina
  • Sardinian:
    • Logudorese: erighìna, bereghìna, rìghine
    • Campidanese: rìžini, arrìži
    • Nuorese: errichìna, orichìna, iritzìna
  • Spanish: rezno

References

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