carpasinus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰρπᾰ́σῐνος (karpásinos), from κᾰρπᾰ́σος (karpásos, “flax, Linum usitatissimum; cotton; white hellebore (Veratrum album)”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /karˈpa.si.nus/, [kärˈpäs̠ɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈpa.si.nus/, [kärˈpäːs̬inus]
Adjective[edit]
carpasinus (feminine carpasina, neuter carpasinum); first/second-declension adjective
- A word found in the Vulgate, and now generally thought to mean "cotton".
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | carpasinus | carpasina | carpasinum | carpasinī | carpasinae | carpasina | |
| Genitive | carpasinī | carpasinae | carpasinī | carpasinōrum | carpasinārum | carpasinōrum | |
| Dative | carpasinō | carpasinō | carpasinīs | ||||
| Accusative | carpasinum | carpasinam | carpasinum | carpasinōs | carpasinās | carpasina | |
| Ablative | carpasinō | carpasinā | carpasinō | carpasinīs | |||
| Vocative | carpasine | carpasina | carpasinum | carpasinī | carpasinae | carpasina | |