anserinus

Latin

Etymology

From ānser (“goose”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.seˈriː.nus/, [ä̃ːs̠ɛˈriːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.seˈri.nus/, [änseˈriːnus]

Adjective

ānserīnus (feminine ānserīna, neuter ānserīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to a goose

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ānserīnus	ānserīna	ānserīnum		ānserīnī	ānserīnae	ānserīna
Genitive	ānserīnī	ānserīnae	ānserīnī		ānserīnōrum	ānserīnārum	ānserīnōrum
Dative	ānserīnō		ānserīnō		ānserīnīs
Accusative	ānserīnum	ānserīnam	ānserīnum		ānserīnōs	ānserīnās	ānserīna
Ablative	ānserīnō	ānserīnā	ānserīnō		ānserīnīs
Vocative	ānserīne	ānserīna	ānserīnum		ānserīnī	ānserīnae	ānserīna

Related terms

• ānser

Descendants

• English: anserine
• Portuguese: anserino (borrowing)

References

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