linum

See also: Linum and línum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *līno-. Cognate with Lithuanian linas, Greek λίνον (línon), Russian лён (ljon), Serbo-Croatian lan, Albanian li, Old English līne (“line, rope, cord”). More at line.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.num/, [ˈliː.nũ]

Noun

līnum n (genitive līnī); second declension

  1. flax
  2. linen cloth; garment made of linen
  3. rope, line, string, thread, cord, cable
  4. net for hunting or fishing
  5. wick of a lamp
  6. sail

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative līnum līna
genitive līnī līnōrum
dative līnō līnīs
accusative līnum līna
ablative līnō līnīs
vocative līnum līna

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References

  • linum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • linum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • linum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • linum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to open a letter: epistulam solvere, aperire, resignare (of Romans also linum incīdere)
  • linum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈnum/

Noun

linum (plural linums)

  1. flax

Declension

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