lineus

Latin

Etymology

From līnum (“flax; linen cloth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ne.us/, [ˈlʲiːneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ne.us/, [ˈliːneus]

Adjective

līneus (feminine līnea, neuter līneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of flax or linen; flaxen

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	līneus	līnea	līneum		līneī	līneae	līnea
Genitive	līneī	līneae	līneī		līneōrum	līneārum	līneōrum
Dative	līneō		līneō		līneīs
Accusative	līneum	līneam	līneum		līneōs	līneās	līnea
Ablative	līneō	līneā	līneō		līneīs
Vocative	līnee	līnea	līneum		līneī	līneae	līnea

Derived terms

• līneum
• līneōlus

Related terms

• līnum

Descendants

• Albanian: linjë
• French: linge
• Italian: lino

• Norman: lînge
• Portuguese: líneo
• Spanish: líneo

References

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