suinus

Latin

Etymology

From su- +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suˈiː.nus/, [s̠uˈiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈi.nus/, [suˈiːnus]

Adjective

suīnus (feminine suīna, neuter suīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) swine; porcine

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	suīnus	suīna	suīnum		suīnī	suīnae	suīna
genitive	suīnī	suīnae	suīnī		suīnōrum	suīnārum	suīnōrum
dative	suīnō	suīnae	suīnō		suīnīs
accusative	suīnum	suīnam	suīnum		suīnōs	suīnās	suīna
ablative	suīnō	suīnā	suīnō		suīnīs
vocative	suīne	suīna	suīnum		suīnī	suīnae	suīna

Descendants

• Aromanian: sãin
• Italian: suino
• → Portuguese: suíno
• Romanian: sain
• Spanish: suino

References

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