adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
arietīnus
arietīnus (feminine arietīna, neuter arietīnum)
Classical[a.ri.ɛˈtiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[a.ri.eˈtiː.nus]
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalram
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | arietīnus | arietīna | arietīnum |
| genitive | arietīnī | arietīnae | arietīnī |
| dative | arietīnō | arietīnae | arietīnō |
| accusative | arietīnum | arietīnam | arietīnum |
| ablative | arietīnō | arietīnā | arietīnō |
| vocative | arietīne | arietīna | arietīnum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | arietīnī | arietīnae | arietīna |
| genitive | arietīnōrum | arietīnārum | arietīnōrum |
| dative | arietīnīs | arietīnīs | arietīnīs |
| accusative | arietīnōs | arietīnās | arietīna |
| ablative | arietīnīs | arietīnīs | arietīnīs |
| vocative | arietīnī | arietīnae | arietīna |
ărĭĕtīnus, a, um, adj. aries.
I. Of or from a ram, ram's-:
ungula, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 88: pulmo, id. 30, 8, 22, § 72: cornua, Pall. 4, 10, 28.—II. Similar to a ram's head:
cicer, Col. 2, 10, 20; Plin. 18, 12, 32, § 124; Petr. 35.—III. Arietinum oraculum, an ambiguous oracle (the figure taken from the divergent horns of a ram), Gell. 3, 3, 8 (cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 196).
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin arietīnus From ariēs (“ram”) + -īnus.
In English words that came into English from arietīnus
- arietinearietīnus