sentina
Italian
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *semtīna, from Proto-Indo-European *semH- (“to scoop”).[1] Cognate with Proto-Celtic *semeti (“to pour”) (compare Middle Welsh gwehynnu (“to pour”), Old Breton douohinnom (“drained”)), Lithuanian sémti (“to pump, scoop”), and possibly Ancient Greek ἀμάομαι (amáomai, “to draw (milk)”).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /senˈtiː.na/, [sɛnˈtiː.na]
Noun
sentīna f (genitive sentīnae); first declension[3][4][5][6]
- (nautical) bilgewater
- dregs (of society)
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sentīna | sentīnae |
| Genitive | sentīnae | sentīnārum |
| Dative | sentīnae | sentīnīs |
| Accusative | sentīnam | sentīnās |
| Ablative | sentīnā | sentīnīs |
| Vocative | sentīna | sentīnae |
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sentīna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 554
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*sem-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 330
- sentina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sentina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sentina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sentina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Noun
sentina f (plural sentinas)
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