schinus

See also: Schinus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σχῖνος (skhînos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskʰiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈskiː.nus]

Noun

schīnus f (genitive schīnī); second declension

1. mastic tree, also called lentiscus (Pistacia lentiscus)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	schīnus	schīnī
genitive	schīnī	schīnōrum
dative	schīnō	schīnīs
accusative	schīnum	schīnōs
ablative	schīnō	schīnīs
vocative	schīne	schīnī

Descendants

• Translingual: Schinus

References

• “schinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "schinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “schinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.