sappinus

Latin

Etymology

From a combination of Gaulish *sappos (“fir tree”) and pīnus (“pine tree”). The Gaulish word is from Proto-Celtic *sakʷos (“fir”), related to Welsh sybwydd (“fir”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos, related to Lithuanian sakai (“resin”), Latvian sweki (“resin”), and Proto-Slavic *sokъ (“juice, resin”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sappīnus f (genitive sappīnī); second declension

  1. A type of fir.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sappīnus sappīnī
Genitive sappīnī sappīnōrum
Dative sappīnō sappīnīs
Accusative sappīnum sappīnōs
Ablative sappīnō sappīnīs
Vocative sappīne sappīnī

Descendants

  • Catalan: sapí
  • French: sapin
  • Piedmontese: sap, sapin
  • → Arabic: شَبِّين (šabbīn)

References

  • sappinus 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)
  • University of Chicago Press (1918): Modern Philology, Volume 15
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