lupinus

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See also: Lupinus

Latin

Etymology

From lupus (“wolf”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lupīnus (feminine lupīna, neuter lupīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a wolf.
  2. (by extension) Wolf-like.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lupīnus lupīna lupīnum lupīnī lupīnae lupīna
Genitive lupīnī lupīnae lupīnī lupīnōrum lupīnārum lupīnōrum
Dative lupīnō lupīnō lupīnīs
Accusative lupīnum lupīnam lupīnum lupīnōs lupīnās lupīna
Ablative lupīnō lupīnā lupīnō lupīnīs
Vocative lupīne lupīna lupīnum lupīnī lupīnae lupīna

Noun

lupīnus m (genitive lupīnī); second declension

  1. A lupine or wolf-bean.

Usage notes

Lupine flowers were used as mock-money in the theater.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lupīnus lupīnī
Genitive lupīnī lupīnōrum
Dative lupīnō lupīnīs
Accusative lupīnum lupīnōs
Ablative lupīnō lupīnīs
Vocative lupīne lupīnī

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: llobí
  • → English: lupine
  • French: lupin
  • Italian: lupino
  • Portuguese: lupino
  • Romanian: lupin
  • Spanish: lupino
  • Translingual: Lupinus

References

  • “lupinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lupinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lupinus 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)
  • lupinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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