LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

farīna

farīna f (genitive farīnae)
Classical[faˈriː.na]Ecclesiastical[faˈriː.na]

Meaning

  1. ground corn, flour, meal
  2. broadlydust, powder
  3. broadlymatter of which a thing is composed, i. e. its nature, quality

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefarīnafarīnae
genitivefarīnaefarīnārum
dativefarīnaefarīnīs
accusativefarīnamfarīnās
ablativefarīnāfarīnīs
vocativefarīnafarīnae

fărīna, ae, f. far,
I. ground corn, meal, flour.
I. Prop., Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 88; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17; Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 139; 22, 25, 67, § 137.—Prov.: facis farinam, i. e. waste, scatter, Mart. 8, 16, 5; Vulg. Matt. 13, 33.—
B. Transf., of the dust or powder of other substances resembling meal: folia myrti siccantur in farinam, Plin. 23, 9, 81, § 162; cf.: gypsum resolvitur in farinam, id. 36, 24, 59, § 183: minium tunditur in farinam, id. 33, 7, 40, § 119; so, cornus cervini, id. 28, 11, 49, § 178: tofi, id. 17, 20, 34, § 147: marmoris, id. 32, 7, 26, § 79: caminorum, id. 28, 7, 23, § 84.—
II. Trop., to designate the material of which a thing is composed, i. e. its nature, quality (postAug.): cum fueris nostrae farinae, Pers. 5, 115: Cassius quidam Parmensis quadam epistola ut pistoris nepotem sic taxat Augustum: Materna tibi farina ex crudissimo Ariciae pistrino, etc., Suet. Aug. 4.

Origins

From *farrīna, from far (“kind of grain”).

Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchfarinefrom Old French farine
  • Catalanfarina
  • Occitanfarinafrom Old Occitan farina
  • Occitanhariafrom Old Occitan farina
  • Franco-Provençalfarena
  • Walloonfarennfrom Old French farine
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianfărină
  • Romanianfăină
  • Aromanianfãrinã
  • Istro-Romanianfărirĕ
  • Megleno-Romanianfărină
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesefarinhafrom Old Galician-Portuguese farinha
  • Spanishharinafrom Old Spanish farina
  • Aragonesefarina
  • Falafariñafrom Old Galician-Portuguese farinha
  • Galicianfariñafrom Old Galician-Portuguese farinha
  • Galicianfaríafrom Old Galician-Portuguese farinha
  • Asturianfariñafrom Old Leonese farina
  • Asturianfarinafrom Old Leonese farina
  • Asturianḥarinafrom Old Leonese farina
  • Asturianḥariñafrom Old Leonese farina
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianfarína
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianfarina
  • Corsicanfarina
  • Dalmatianfaraina
  • Istriotfareîna
  • Greekφαρίναfrom Italian farina
  • Neapolitanfàrina
  • Sicilianfarìna
  • Venetanfarina
Borrowings
  • Englishfarina
  • Esperantofaruno
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianfarine
  • Ladinfarina
  • Romanshfarina
  • Romanshfregna
  • Romanshfrina
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianfaréṅna
  • Ligurianfarina
  • Ligurianfainâ
  • Ligurianfaenn-a
  • Ligurianfænn-a
  • Ligurianfæña
  • Lombardfarina
  • Piedmontesefarin-a
  • Romagnolfaròina

Quick answers

What does farīna mean in Latin?
farīna, a noun, means “ground corn, flour, meal; dust, powder; matter of which a thing is composed, i. e. its nature, quality”.
What is the genitive of farīna?
The genitive singular is farīnae. farīna is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce farīna?
In classical Latin, [faˈriː.na]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [faˈriː.na].