porcinus

Latin

Etymology

From porcus (“pig”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /porˈkiː.nus/, [pɔrˈkiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /porˈt͡ʃi.nus/, [porˈt͡ʃiːnus]

Adjective

porcīnus (feminine porcīna, neuter porcīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) pig, swine, hog
2. porcine

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	porcīnus	porcīna	porcīnum		porcīnī	porcīnae	porcīna
Genitive	porcīnī	porcīnae	porcīnī		porcīnōrum	porcīnārum	porcīnōrum
Dative	porcīnō		porcīnō		porcīnīs
Accusative	porcīnum	porcīnam	porcīnum		porcīnōs	porcīnās	porcīna
Ablative	porcīnō	porcīnā	porcīnō		porcīnīs
Vocative	porcīne	porcīna	porcīnum		porcīnī	porcīnae	porcīna

Descendants

• Catalan: porcí
• English: porcine
• French: porcin
• Italian: porcino

• Portuguese: porcino
• Romanian: porcin
• Spanish: porcino

References

• “porcinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• porcinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• porcinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.