Sabinus

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Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. The name is said to mean "of one's own," from Proto-Indo-European *sebʰ-, *swebʰ- (“one's own”)[1] with the suffix -īnus, but the /a/ and /b/ phonemes render this suspect. Compare sibi and the Germanic tribe name Suēbī.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Sabīnus (feminine Sabīna, neuter Sabīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Sabine

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative Sabīnus Sabīna Sabīnum Sabīnī Sabīnae Sabīna
genitive Sabīnī Sabīnae Sabīnī Sabīnōrum Sabīnārum Sabīnōrum
dative Sabīnō Sabīnae Sabīnō Sabīnīs
accusative Sabīnum Sabīnam Sabīnum Sabīnōs Sabīnās Sabīna
ablative Sabīnō Sabīnā Sabīnō Sabīnīs
vocative Sabīne Sabīna Sabīnum Sabīnī Sabīnae Sabīna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Sabine (learned)

Proper noun

Sabīnus m sg (genitive Sabīnī); second declension

  1. A Latin cognomen (final name) of ancient Roman family, particularly a branch of the gens Tituria.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Sabīnus
genitive Sabīnī
dative Sabīnō
accusative Sabīnum
ablative Sabīnō
vocative Sabīne

References

  1. ^ Shipley, The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
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