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Latin
Etymology
From quercus (“oak”) + -īnus. Alternatively, a formation in -ǐnus: compare the plant name fraxinus[1] and other adjectives derived from plant names, such as laurinus[2] or fāginus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
quercī̆nus (feminine quercī̆na, neuter quercī̆num); first/second-declension adjective
- oaken
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- ^ Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907), An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 25
- ^ Magni, Elisabetta (2017), “Suffix borrowing and conflict through Latin-Greek hybrid formations”, in Pallas, volume 103, pages 289-292
Further reading
- “quercinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- quercinus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “quercinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press