quercinus

Latin

Etymology

From quercus (“oak”) +‎ -īnus. Alternatively, a formation in -ǐnus: compare the plant name fraxinus and other adjectives derived from plant names, such as laurinus or fāginus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷerˈkiː.nus/, [kʷɛrˈkiːnʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /ˈkʷer.ki.nus/, [ˈkʷɛrkɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwerˈt͡ʃi.nus/, [kwerˈt͡ʃiːnus] or IPA^(key): /ˈkwer.t͡ʃi.nus/, [ˈkwɛrt͡ʃinus]
• Reference works differ on the length of the vowel in the second syllable.

Adjective

quercī̆nus (feminine quercī̆na, neuter quercī̆num); first/second-declension adjective

1. oaken

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	quercī̆nus	quercī̆na	quercī̆num		quercī̆nī	quercī̆nae	quercī̆na
Genitive	quercī̆nī	quercī̆nae	quercī̆nī		quercī̆nōrum	quercī̆nārum	quercī̆nōrum
Dative	quercī̆nō		quercī̆nō		quercī̆nīs
Accusative	quercī̆num	quercī̆nam	quercī̆num		quercī̆nōs	quercī̆nās	quercī̆na
Ablative	quercī̆nō	quercī̆nā	quercī̆nō		quercī̆nīs
Vocative	quercī̆ne	quercī̆na	quercī̆num		quercī̆nī	quercī̆nae	quercī̆na

Related terms

• querceus
• quernus
• querneus

Further reading

• quercinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• quercinus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “quercinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press