plinthus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos, “brick”); possibly from earlier Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

Noun

plinthus m or f (genitive plinthī); second declension

  1. (architecture) plinth
  2. (surveying) a hundred-acre plot of land

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plinthus plinthī
Genitive plinthī plinthōrum
Dative plinthō plinthīs
Accusative plinthum plinthōs
Ablative plinthō plinthīs
Vocative plinthe plinthī

Descendants

References

  • “plinthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • plinthus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “plinthus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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