sappinus

Latin

Etymology

From a combination of Gaulish *sappos (“fir tree”) and pinus (“pine tree”). The Gaulish word is from Proto-Celtic *sakʷos (“fir”), related to Welsh sybwydd (“fir”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos, related to Lithuanian sakai (“resin”), Latvian sweki (“resin”), and Proto-Slavic *sokъ (“juice, resin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sapˈpiː.nus/, [s̠äpˈpiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sapˈpi.nus/, [säpˈpiːnus]

Noun

sappīnus f (genitive sappīnī); second declension

1. A type of fir.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sappīnus	sappīnī
Genitive	sappīnī	sappīnōrum
Dative	sappīnō	sappīnīs
Accusative	sappīnum	sappīnōs
Ablative	sappīnō	sappīnīs
Vocative	sappīne	sappīnī

Descendants

• French: sapin
• Piedmontese: sap, sapin
• → Arabic: شَبِّين (šabbīn)

References

• sappinus 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)
• University of Chicago Press (1918): Modern Philology, Volume 15