sappinus

Latin

Etymology

From a combination of Gaulish *sappos (“fir tree”) and pīnus (“pine tree”). The Gaulish word is from Proto-Celtic *sakʷos (“fir”), related to Welsh sybwydd (“fir”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos, related to Lithuanian sakai (“resin”), Latvian sweki (“resin”), and Proto-Slavic *sokъ (“juice, resin”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /sapˈpiː.nus/, [s̠äpˈpiːnʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sapˈpi.nus/, [säpˈpiːnus]

Noun

sappīnus f (genitive sappīnī); second declension

A type of fir.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sappīnus	sappīnī
Genitive	sappīnī	sappīnōrum
Dative	sappīnō	sappīnīs
Accusative	sappīnum	sappīnōs
Ablative	sappīnō	sappīnīs
Vocative	sappīne	sappīnī

Descendants

Catalan: sapí
French: sapin
Piedmontese: sap, sapin
→ Arabic: شَبِّين (šabbīn)

References

sappinus 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)
University of Chicago Press (1918): Modern Philology, Volume 15

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