LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

Alpīnus

Alpīnus (feminine Alpīna, neuter Alpīnum)
Classical[aɫˈpiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[alˈpiː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalof or pertaining to the Alps
  2. adjectivealpine

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeAlpīnusAlpīnaAlpīnum
genitiveAlpīnīAlpīnaeAlpīnī
dativeAlpīnōAlpīnaeAlpīnō
accusativeAlpīnumAlpīnamAlpīnum
ablativeAlpīnōAlpīnāAlpīnō
vocativeAlpīneAlpīnaAlpīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeAlpīnīAlpīnaeAlpīna
genitiveAlpīnōrumAlpīnārumAlpīnōrum
dativeAlpīnīsAlpīnīsAlpīnīs
accusativeAlpīnōsAlpīnāsAlpīna
ablativeAlpīnīsAlpīnīsAlpīnīs
vocativeAlpīnīAlpīnaeAlpīna

Alpīnus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or pertaining to the Alps, Alpine: rigor, Ov. M. 14, 794: nives, Verg. E. 19, 47: Padus, which rises among the Alps, Valgius ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 457: gentes, dwelling upon the Alps, Alpine people, Liv. 21, 43: Alpinus hostis, the Gauls who crossed the Alps and invaded Italy, Ov. F. 6, 358: Alpini mures, marmots, Plin. 8, 37, 55, § 132.—Horace, on account of a bombastic line of the poet M. Furius Bibaculus, in relation to the Alps (Juppiter hibernas canā nive conspuit Alpes), calls him jestingly Alpinus, S. 1, 10, 36; cf. id. 2, 5, 41; Weich. Poët. Latin. 334 sq.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin Alpīnus From Alpēs (“the Alps”) + -īnus.

Descendants
  • Catalanalpí
  • Englishalpine
  • Frenchalpin
  • Italianalpino
  • Portuguesealpino
  • Romanianalpin
  • Spanishalpino
  • Friulianalpin
  • Romanshalpin

In English words that came into English from Alpīnus

  • alpineAlpīnus
  • cisalpinecisalpīnus

Quick answers

What does Alpīnus mean in Latin?
Alpīnus, a adjective, means “of or pertaining to the Alps; alpine”.
How do you pronounce Alpīnus?
In classical Latin, [aɫˈpiː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [alˈpiː.nus].