quercinus

Latin

Etymology

From quercus (“oak”) +‎ -īnus. Alternatively, a formation in -ǐnus: compare the plant name fraxinus[1] and other adjectives derived from plant names, such as laurinus[2] or fāginus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷerˈkiː.nus/, [kʷɛrˈkiːnʊs̠] or IPA(key): /ˈkʷer.ki.nus/, [ˈkʷɛrkɪnʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwerˈt͡ʃi.nus/, [kwerˈt͡ʃiːnus] or IPA(key): /ˈkwer.t͡ʃi.nus/, [ˈkwɛrt͡ʃinus]
  • Reference works differ on the length of the vowel in the second syllable.

Adjective

quercī̆nus (feminine quercī̆na, neuter quercī̆num); first/second-declension adjective

  1. oaken

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative quercī̆nus quercī̆na quercī̆num quercī̆nī quercī̆nae quercī̆na
Genitive quercī̆nī quercī̆nae quercī̆nī quercī̆nōrum quercī̆nārum quercī̆nōrum
Dative quercī̆nō quercī̆nō quercī̆nīs
Accusative quercī̆num quercī̆nam quercī̆num quercī̆nōs quercī̆nās quercī̆na
Ablative quercī̆nō quercī̆nā quercī̆nō quercī̆nīs
Vocative quercī̆ne quercī̆na quercī̆num quercī̆nī quercī̆nae quercī̆na

References
  1. Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 25
  2. Magni, Elisabetta (2017) “Suffix borrowing and conflict through Latin-Greek hybrid formations”, in Pallas‎, volume 103, pages 289-292

Further reading
  • quercinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • quercinus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • “quercinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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