sappinus

Latin

Etymology

From a combination of Gaulish *sappos (“fir tree”) and pinus (“pine tree”). The Gaulish word is from Proto-Celtic *sakʷos (“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): /sapˈpiː.nus/, [sapˈpiː.nʊs]

Noun

sappīnus f (genitive sappīnī); second declension

A type of fir.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sappīnus	sappīnī
Genitive	sappīnī	sappīnōrum
Dative	sappīnō	sappīnīs
Accusative	sappīnum	sappīnōs
Ablative	sappīnō	sappīnīs
Vocative	sappīne	sappīnī

Descendants

French: sapin
Piedmontese: sap, sapin
→ Arabic: شَبِّين‎ (šabbīn)

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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