cophinus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.pʰi.nus/, [ˈkɔ.pʰɪ.nʊs]

Noun

cophinus m (genitive cophinī); second declension

  1. A hamper, basket.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cophinus cophinī
genitive cophinī cophinōrum
dative cophinō cophinīs
accusative cophinum cophinōs
ablative cophinō cophinīs
vocative cophine cophinī

Descendants

  • Italian: cofano
  • Portuguese: cofinho, côvão, cofre (via French)
  • Sicilian: cufinu, còfinu, còfunu, cuòfinu
  • Spanish: cofre (via French), cuévano

References

  • cophinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cophinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cophinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • cophinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • cophinus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cophinus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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