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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“basin, wide bowl”), attested as bacchinon in Late Latin, either from bacca (“vessel”), probably of Gaulish origin, or directly from Gaulish *bakkinon (“cup, wooden bowl”).
Noun
bacinus m (genitive bacinī); second declension (Medieval Latin)
- basin
- font (oil reservoir for a lamp)
- bascinet
- gong
- a small dry measure
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “bacinus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- bacinium in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “bacinus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 76