LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

linter

linter f or m (genitive lintris)
Classical[ˈlɪn.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈlin.ter]

Meaning

  1. femininemasculinetank, tub, trough, vat, washtub
  2. femininemasculinesmall, lightweight boat, skiff, canoe, wherry
    nāviget hinc alia iam mihi linter aquā.From here, let now my boat sail other waters. That is to say: Let me now turn to something different. (Ovid concludes Book 2 of the Fasti and looks ahead to the next one.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.864

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

parva nāvis ex ūnō lignō
skiff, dugout
linter -tris (f) — in De Bello Gallico I, ch. 8

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Navigium · Navis · Celox · Lembus · Liburna · Scapha · Cymba · Linter

Navigium is the most general expression, like vessel; navis (ναῦς) an ordinary ship for distant voyages; celox, lembus, and liburna, are boats which may be manned and armed for service in war; scapha, cymba, and linter, are only skiffs and wherries, intended merely for short distances and for crossing over; scapha and cymba, of the broader sort, in the form of small barges; linter, long and narrow, like a canoe. (vi. 232.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelinter
lunter		lintrēs
luntrēs
genitivelintris
luntris		lintrium
lintrum, luntrum
dativelintrī
luntrī		lintribus
luntribus
accusativelintrem
lintrum, luntrem		lintrēs
lintrīs, luntrēs
ablativelintre
luntre		lintribus
luntribus
vocativelinter
lunter		lintrēs
luntrēs

linter, tris (nom. lintris, Sid. Carm. 5, 283), f. (m., Tib. 2, 5, 34) [old form lunter for plun-ter; root πλύνω, to wash; cf. pluvia; hence]
I. Lit., a wash-tub; or in gen., a trough, vat, tray, tub, for wine, Cato, R. R. 11, 5; cf. Tib. 1, 5, 23: cavat arbore lintres, Verg. G. 1, 262.—
II. Transf., a boat, skiff, wherry: lintribus materiam in insulam convehere, Cic. Mil. 27, 74; Caes. B. G. 1, 12: novas (sc. lintres), cavare, Liv. 21, 26.—Prov.: loqui e lintre, said of one who sways his body to and fro when speaking, Julius ap. Cic. Brut. 60, 216: reprehendenda et illa frequens et concitata in utramque partem nutatio, quam in Curione patre inrisit et Julius, quaerens, quis in luntre loqueretur, Quint. 11, 3, 129: naviget hinc aliā jam mihi linter aquā, i. e. let me now turn to something else, Ov. F. 2, 864: in liquida nat tibi linter aquā, you have a favorable opportunity, Tib. 1, 7, 37 (1, 5, 76).

Origins

The form lunter is thought to be older. Compare Ancient Greek λιντήρ (lintḗr). Traditionally said to derive from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to wash”) (more at pluit (“it rains”)) and to be related to Ancient Greek πλυντήρ (pluntḗr), but the loss of the p is unexplained.

Descendants
  • Romanianluntre
  • Albanianljundrë
  • Aromanianluntri
  • Aromanianlãndurã
  • Dalmatianlundro

Quick answers

What does linter mean in Latin?
linter, a noun, means “tank, tub, trough, vat, washtub; small, lightweight boat, skiff, canoe, wherry”.
What is the genitive of linter?
The genitive singular is lintris. linter is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce linter?
In classical Latin, [ˈlɪn.tɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlin.ter].