vicinus

Latin

Etymology

vīcus (“town, street, quarter”) +‎ -īnus (“pertaining to”)

Compare typologically Lithuanian kaimynas (< kaimas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wiːˈkiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [viˈt͡ʃiː.nus]

Adjective

vīcīnus (feminine vīcīna, neuter vīcīnum, comparative vīcīnior, adverb vīcīnē); first/second-declension adjective

1. (chiefly poetic) near, neighboring

   Synonyms: propinquus, contiguus, fīnitimus, proximus

   Antonyms: longinquus, remōtus

2. like, similar, kindred

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vīcīnus	vīcīna	vīcīnum		vīcīnī	vīcīnae	vīcīna
genitive	vīcīnī	vīcīnae	vīcīnī		vīcīnōrum	vīcīnārum	vīcīnōrum
dative	vīcīnō	vīcīnae	vīcīnō		vīcīnīs
accusative	vīcīnum	vīcīnam	vīcīnum		vīcīnōs	vīcīnās	vīcīna
ablative	vīcīnō	vīcīnā	vīcīnō		vīcīnīs
vocative	vīcīne	vīcīna	vīcīnum		vīcīnī	vīcīnae	vīcīna

Noun

vīcīnus m (genitive vīcīnī); second declension

1. neighbour/neighbor
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 14.46:

     Quae quidem etiam in Sabīnīs persequī soleō, convīviumque vīcīnōrum cotīdiē compleō, quod ad multam noctem quam maximē possumus variō sermōne prōdūcimus.

     Indeed, even in the Sabine [country] I am accustomed to follow [these practices], and I entertain gatherings of [my] neighbors daily, which we prolong with varied conversation until late at night, as much as possible.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vīcīnus	vīcīnī
genitive	vīcīnī	vīcīnōrum
dative	vīcīnō	vīcīnīs
accusative	vīcīnum	vīcīnōs
ablative	vīcīnō	vīcīnīs
vocative	vīcīne	vīcīnī

Derived terms

• mortivīcīnus
• vīcīna
• vīcīnālis
• vīcīnē
• vīcīnia
• vīcīnitās
• vīcīnor
• vīcīnum

Descendants

• Late Latin: vēcīnus (see there for further descendants)
• Sardinian: bichinu, vichinu (Nuorese), bixinu (Campidanese), bighinu, vighinu (Logudorese)

See also

• vīcīna

References

• “vicinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vicinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "vicinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “vicinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.