scrinium
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unknown, sometimes seens as ur-cognate with the Proto-Slavic container name *krina and derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”), /skr/ being at least a typical onset of the Indo-European language group.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskriː.ni.um/, [ˈs̠kɾiː.ni.ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskri.ni.um/, [ˈskriː.ni.um]
NounEdit
scrīnium n (genitive scrīniī or scrīnī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | scrīnium | scrīnia |
Genitive | scrīniī scrīnī1 |
scrīniōrum |
Dative | scrīniō | scrīniīs |
Accusative | scrīnium | scrīnia |
Ablative | scrīniō | scrīniīs |
Vocative | scrīnium | scrīnia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Catalan: escriny
- → Spanish: escriño
- → Old Dutch: *skrīni
- → Old English: scrīn
- → Old French: escrin
- → Old High German: scrīn, scrīni
- → Old Irish: scrin
- → Italian: scrigno
- → Old Norse: skrín
- → Polish: skrzynia
- → Portuguese: escrínio
- → Welsh: ysgrin
ReferencesEdit
- scrinium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scrinium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scrinium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- scrinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- scrinium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers