caballinus

Latin

Etymology

From caballus (“horse”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.balˈliː.nus/, [käbälˈlʲiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.balˈli.nus/, [käbälˈliːnus]

Adjective

caballīnus (feminine caballīna, neuter caballīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) horse

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	caballīnus	caballīna	caballīnum		caballīnī	caballīnae	caballīna
Genitive	caballīnī	caballīnae	caballīnī		caballīnōrum	caballīnārum	caballīnōrum
Dative	caballīnō		caballīnō		caballīnīs
Accusative	caballīnum	caballīnam	caballīnum		caballīnōs	caballīnās	caballīna
Ablative	caballīnō	caballīnā	caballīnō		caballīnīs
Vocative	caballīne	caballīna	caballīnum		caballīnī	caballīnae	caballīna

Descendants

• French: chevalin
• Italian: cavallino
• → English: caballine
• → Portuguese: cabalino
• → Spanish: cabalino

References

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