schinus

See also: Schinus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σχῖνος (skhînos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskʰiː.nus/, [ˈs̠kʰiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈski.nus/, [ˈskiːnus]

Noun

schīnus f (genitive schīnī); second declension

1. The mastic tree, also called lentiscus (Pistacia lentiscus)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	schīnus	schīnī
Genitive	schīnī	schīnōrum
Dative	schīnō	schīnīs
Accusative	schīnum	schīnōs
Ablative	schīnō	schīnīs
Vocative	schīne	schīnī

Descendants

• Translingual: Schinus

References

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