LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

ānserīnus

ānserīnus (feminine ānserīna, neuter ānserīnum)
Classical[ãː.sɛˈriː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[an.seˈriː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof or pertaining to a goose

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeānserīnusānserīnaānserīnum
genitiveānserīnīānserīnaeānserīnī
dativeānserīnōānserīnaeānserīnō
accusativeānserīnumānserīnamānserīnum
ablativeānserīnōānserīnāānserīnō
vocativeānserīneānserīnaānserīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeānserīnīānserīnaeānserīna
genitiveānserīnōrumānserīnārumānserīnōrum
dativeānserīnīsānserīnīsānserīnīs
accusativeānserīnōsānserīnāsānserīna
ablativeānserīnīsānserīnīsānserīnīs
vocativeānserīnīānserīnaeānserīna

ansĕrīnus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or pertaining to geese: genus, Col. 8, 5, 10; Plin. 10, 22, 29, § 56: pedes, id. 11, 47, 107, § 257: adeps, goose-grease, id. 30, 8, 22, § 133 al.: lana, down, Dig. 32, 68.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin ānserīnus From ānser (“goose”) + -īnus.

Descendants
  • Catalananserí
  • Englishanserine
  • Italiananserino
  • Portugueseanserino

Quick answers

What does ānserīnus mean in Latin?
ānserīnus, a adjective, means “of or pertaining to a goose”.
How do you pronounce ānserīnus?
In classical Latin, [ãː.sɛˈriː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [an.seˈriː.nus].