fagineus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fāgus (“beech”), suffixed with the unproductive -ineus following Ancient Greek φηγινέος (phēginéos), a variant of φήγινος (phḗginos, “oaken”). Formations such as oleāgineus (“of olives”) may have played a role in reinforcing the ending. A direct borrowing from Ancient Greek is to be excluded on phonological and semantical grounds.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fāgineus (feminine fāginea, neuter fāgineum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of beech, beechen
    Synonym: fāgeus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative fāgineus fāginea fāgineum fāgineī fāgineae fāginea
genitive fāgineī fāgineae fāgineī fāgineōrum fāgineārum fāgineōrum
dative fāgineō fāgineae fāgineō fāgineīs
accusative fāgineum fāgineam fāgineum fāgineōs fāgineās fāginea
ablative fāgineō fāgineā fāgineō fāgineīs
vocative fāginee fāginea fāgineum fāgineī fāgineae fāginea

References

  • “fagineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fagineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “fagineus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • fagineus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “fāgus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 445
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