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Latin
Etymology
From sōrex (“shrew-mouse”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sōricīnus (feminine sōricīna, neuter sōricīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- (hapax legomenon) (relational) shrew
c. 190 BCE,
Plautus,
Bacchides 4.8.47–49, (The meaning of 'sōricīna nēnia'―literally 'shrew ditty'―is obscure):
- Sī tibi est machaera, at nōbīs veruīna est domī
quă quidem tē faciam, sī tū mē inrītāverīs,
cōnfossiōrem sōricīnā nēniā.- If you've got a sword, we've got a javelin at home,
with which I'll make you, if you annoy me,
more pierced through than a shrew ditty.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “soricinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- soricinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.