lentiscus

English

Etymology

From Latin lentiscus. Doublet of lentisk.

Noun

lentiscus

The mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus).

Synonyms

lentisk

Anagrams

cutensils, linctuses, tunicless

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from lentus (“flexible, pliant”) +‎ -iscus

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /lenˈtiːs.kus/, [ɫ̪ɛn̪ˈt̪iːs̠kʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lenˈtis.kus/, [len̪ˈt̪iskus]

Noun

lentīscus f (genitive lentīscī); second declension

The mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lentīscus	lentīscī
Genitive	lentīscī	lentīscōrum
Dative	lentīscō	lentīscīs
Accusative	lentīscum	lentīscōs
Ablative	lentīscō	lentīscīs
Vocative	lentīsce	lentīscī

Derived terms

lentiscifer

Related terms

lentēscō

Descendants

Catalan: llentisc
Spanish: lentisco
Italian: lentisco
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *lentīsculus
- Catalan: llentiscle
- Italian: lentischio

References

“lentiscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“lentiscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
lentiscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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