lentiscus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lentiscus. Doublet of lentisk.
Noun[edit]
lentiscus
- The mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus).
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from lentus (“flexible, pliant”) + -iscus
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lenˈtiːs.kus/, [ɫ̪ɛn̪ˈt̪iːs̠kʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lenˈtis.kus/, [len̪ˈt̪iskus]
Noun[edit]
lentīscus f (genitive lentīscī); second declension
- The mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lentīscus | lentīscī |
| Genitive | lentīscī | lentīscōrum |
| Dative | lentīscō | lentīscīs |
| Accusative | lentīscum | lentīscōs |
| Ablative | lentīscō | lentīscīs |
| Vocative | lentīsce | lentīscī |
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Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: llentisc
- Spanish: lentisco
- Italian: lentisco
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *lentīsculus
- Catalan: llentiscle
- Italian: lentischio
References[edit]
- “lentiscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lentiscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lentiscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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