vaccinus

Latin

Etymology

vacca +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯akˈkiː.nus/, [u̯äkˈkiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vatˈt͡ʃi.nus/, [vätˈt͡ʃiːnus]

Adjective

vaccīnus (feminine vaccīna, neuter vaccīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or derived from a cow; (relational) cow

Declension

• First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	vaccīnus	vaccīna	vaccīnum		vaccīnī	vaccīnae	vaccīna
Genitive	vaccīnī	vaccīnae	vaccīnī		vaccīnōrum	vaccīnārum	vaccīnōrum
Dative	vaccīnō		vaccīnō		vaccīnīs
Accusative	vaccīnum	vaccīnam	vaccīnum		vaccīnōs	vaccīnās	vaccīna
Ablative	vaccīnō	vaccīnā	vaccīnō		vaccīnīs
Vocative	vaccīne	vaccīna	vaccīnum		vaccīnī	vaccīnae	vaccīna

Descendants

• Catalan: vaccí
• English: vaccine
• French: vaccin, vaccine
• Galician: vacina

• Irish: vacsaín
• Italian: vaccino
• Portuguese: vacina
• Romanian: vaccină, vecin

References

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