schinus

See also: Schinus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σχῖνος (skhînos).

Pronunciation

Noun

schīnus f (genitive schīnī); second declension

  1. The 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

References

  • schinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "schinus", 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)
  • schinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.