felinus

Latin

Etymology

From fēlēs (“cat”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /feːˈliː.nus/, [feːˈlʲiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈli.nus/, [feˈliːnus]

Adjective

fēlīnus (feminine fēlīna, neuter fēlīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. feline; of or pertaining to a cat
   • 1570, Anthony van Cuyck, Grammatica gallica, p. 16:

     Iau, miauler, est vocem felinam edere.

     (The triphthong) iau, (as in) miauler, is to emit a cat's cry.

   • 1652, Christoph Scheiner, Oculus, Liber I, Pars I, Cap. IV:

     Nam fundus Choroidis taurinae caeruleus, felinae flavus existit, &c.

     For the bottom of the taurine Choroid appears blue, the feline, yellow, and so on.

   • 1750, Jan Frederik Gronovius, Index supellectilis lapidea, p. 10:

     Lapis felinus, qui ferro attritus urinam felium redolet.

     The cat-stone, which, rubbed with iron, smells like the urine of cats.

   • 1811, Peter Simon Pallas, Zoographia rosso-asiatica, Vol. I, p. 14:

     In felino genere animalitas ad summum gradum evecta et animales spiritus maxime exaltati videntur.

     Within the feline kind are seen animality raised to the highest level and animals particularly elevated of the spirit.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fēlīnus	fēlīna	fēlīnum		fēlīnī	fēlīnae	fēlīna
Genitive	fēlīnī	fēlīnae	fēlīnī		fēlīnōrum	fēlīnārum	fēlīnōrum
Dative	fēlīnō		fēlīnō		fēlīnīs
Accusative	fēlīnum	fēlīnam	fēlīnum		fēlīnōs	fēlīnās	fēlīna
Ablative	fēlīnō	fēlīnā	fēlīnō		fēlīnīs
Vocative	fēlīne	fēlīna	fēlīnum		fēlīnī	fēlīnae	fēlīna

Related terms

• fēlēs

Descendants

• Catalan: felí
• English: feline
• French: félin
• Galician: felino
• Italian: felino
• Portuguese: felino
• Spanish: felino

References

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