felineus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /feːˈliː.ne.us/, [feːˈlʲiːneʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /feˈli.ne.us/, [feˈliːneus]
Adjective[edit]
fēlīneus (feminine fēlīnea, neuter fēlīneum); first/second-declension adjective
- feline; of or pertaining to a cat
- 350—400, Servius, Commentary on the Georgics of Vergil, Liber III, 82:
- GLAUCI autem sunt felineis oculis, id est quodam splendore perfusis.
- GLEAMING, however, are the feline eyes, that is in a sense, drenched in brilliance.
- 350—400, Servius, Commentary on the Georgics of Vergil, Liber III, 82:
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | fēlīneus | fēlīnea | fēlīneum | fēlīneī | fēlīneae | fēlīnea | |
| Genitive | fēlīneī | fēlīneae | fēlīneī | fēlīneōrum | fēlīneārum | fēlīneōrum | |
| Dative | fēlīneō | fēlīneō | fēlīneīs | ||||
| Accusative | fēlīneum | fēlīneam | fēlīneum | fēlīneōs | fēlīneās | fēlīnea | |
| Ablative | fēlīneō | fēlīneā | fēlīneō | fēlīneīs | |||
| Vocative | fēlīnee | fēlīnea | fēlīneum | fēlīneī | fēlīneae | fēlīnea | |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “felineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- felineus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.