pullinus

Latin

Etymology

From pullus (“lamb”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pulˈliː.nus/, [pʊlˈliː.nʊs]

Adjective

pullīnus (feminine pullīna, neuter pullīnum); first/second declension

  1. of or belong to young animals
  2. (with dēntēs) the first teeth of a colt, milk teeth
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.172:
      (asina) quae nōn prius, quam dēntēs quōs pullīnōs appellant iaciat, concēperit, sterilis intellegitur et quae nōn prīmō initū generāre coeperit.
      A (female donkey) is considered sterile, which has not conceived before she has lost (her) so-called milk teeth and which has not begun to procreate from the very beginning.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pullīnus pullīna pullīnum pullīnī pullīnae pullīna
Genitive pullīnī pullīnae pullīnī pullīnōrum pullīnārum pullīnōrum
Dative pullīnō pullīnō pullīnīs
Accusative pullīnum pullīnam pullīnum pullīnōs pullīnās pullīna
Ablative pullīnō pullīnā pullīnō pullīnīs
Vocative pullīne pullīna pullīnum pullīnī pullīnae pullīna

References
  • pullinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pullinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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