fodina

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Latin

Etymology

From fodiō (dig; mine, quarry) +‎ -īna.

Pronunciation

Noun

fodīna f (genitive fodīnae); first declension

  1. A place from which a mineral is dug; mine, pit.
    Synonym: metallum

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fodīna fodīnae
Genitive fodīnae fodīnārum
Dative fodīnae fodīnīs
Accusative fodīnam fodīnās
Ablative fodīnā fodīnīs
Vocative fodīna fodīnae

Derived terms

References

  • fodina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fodina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • fodina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers