LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

fungīnus

fungīnus (feminine fungīna, neuter fungīnum)
Classical[fʊŋˈɡiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[fun̠ʲˈd͡ʒiː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof a mushroom or fungus

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefungīnusfungīnafungīnum
genitivefungīnīfungīnaefungīnī
dativefungīnōfungīnaefungīnō
accusativefungīnumfungīnamfungīnum
ablativefungīnōfungīnāfungīnō
vocativefungīnefungīnafungīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefungīnīfungīnaefungīna
genitivefungīnōrumfungīnārumfungīnōrum
dativefungīnīsfungīnīsfungīnīs
accusativefungīnōsfungīnāsfungīna
ablativefungīnīsfungīnīsfungīnīs
vocativefungīnīfungīnaefungīna

fungĭnus, a, um, adj. fungus,
I. of a mushroom; comic.: pol hic quidem fungino genere est, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 9.

Origins

Latin fungus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin fungīnus From fungus (“mushroom”) + -īnus.

Quick answers

What does fungīnus mean in Latin?
fungīnus, a adjective, means “of a mushroom or fungus”.
How do you pronounce fungīnus?
In classical Latin, [fʊŋˈɡiː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fun̠ʲˈd͡ʒiː.nus].