Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

textrīnum

  1. inflection of textrīnus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

Noun edit

textrīnum n (genitive textrīnī); second declension

  1. weaver's shop, place for weaving cloths
  2. the act of weaving
  3. the act of knitting
    • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 2:19
      Anna vero uxor eius ibat ad textrinum opus cotidie et de labore manuum suarum victum quem consequi poterat deferebat (Now Anna his wife went daily to weaving work, and she brought home what she could get for their living by the labour of her hands.)
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Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative textrīnum textrīna
Genitive textrīnī textrīnōrum
Dative textrīnō textrīnīs
Accusative textrīnum textrīna
Ablative textrīnō textrīnīs
Vocative textrīnum textrīna

References edit

  • textrinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • textrinum 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)