sappinus

Latin

Etymology

From a combination of Gaulish *sappos (“fir tree”) and pinus (“pine tree”). The Gaulish word is from Proto-Celtic *sapos (“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) IPA^(key): /ˈsap.pi.nus/, [ˈsap.pɪ.nʊs]

Noun

sappinus f (genitive sappinī); second declension

A type of fir.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sappinus	sappinī
genitive	sappinī	sappinōrum
dative	sappinō	sappinīs
accusative	sappinum	sappinōs
ablative	sappinō	sappinīs
vocative	sappine	sappinī

Descendants

French: sapin
Piedmontese sap, sapin

References

sappinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
University of Chicago Press (1918): Modern Philology, Volume 15

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