lentiscus

English

Etymology

From Latin lentiscus. Doublet of lentisk.

Noun

lentiscus

1. The mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus).

Synonyms

• lentisk

Anagrams

• cutensils, linctuses, tunicless

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from lentus (“flexible, pliant”) +‎ -iscus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lenˈtiːs.kus/, [ɫ̪ɛn̪ˈt̪iːs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lenˈtis.kus/, [len̪ˈt̪iskus]

Noun

lentīscus f (genitive lentīscī); second declension

1. The mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lentīscus	lentīscī
Genitive	lentīscī	lentīscōrum
Dative	lentīscō	lentīscīs
Accusative	lentīscum	lentīscōs
Ablative	lentīscō	lentīscīs
Vocative	lentīsce	lentīscī

Derived terms

• lentiscifer

Related terms

• lentēscō

Descendants

• Catalan: llentisc
• Spanish: lentisco
• Italian: lentisco
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *lentīsculus
  • Catalan: llentiscle
  • Italian: lentischio

References

• “lentiscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lentiscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lentiscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.