ricinus

See also: Ricinus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *rik-. Cognate with Persian رشک (rišk), Sanskrit रिक्षा (rikṣā)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ki.nus/, [ˈrɪkɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.t͡ʃi.nus/, [ˈriːt͡ʃinus]

Noun

ricinus m (genitive ricinī); second declension

1. tick (arachnid)
2. castor, croton (a kind of plant)
3. mulberry seeds

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ricinus	ricinī
Genitive	ricinī	ricinōrum
Dative	ricinō	ricinīs
Accusative	ricinum	ricinōs
Ablative	ricinō	ricinīs
Vocative	ricine	ricinī

Descendants

• (castor):
  • Translingual: Ricinus
  • Catalan: ricí
  • English: ricin
  • French: ricin
  • Italian: ricina
  • Romanian: ricin
  • Spanish: ricino

• (tick):
  • Albanian: rriqër
  • Dalmatian: drecno
  • Spanish: rezno

References

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