LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

pampinus

pampinus m or f (genitive pampinī)
Classical[ˈpam.pɪ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpam.pi.nus]

Meaning

  1. femininemasculinefoliage of a vine, vine-shoot, vine leaf
    […] vestītaque pampinīs nec modicō tepōre caret et nimiōs sōlīs dēfendit ārdōrēs.And clothed in leaves, [the grape] does not lack for moderate warmth while protecting [itself] from the harshest sunlight.106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 15.53
  2. broadlyfemininemasculinetendril; shoot

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepampinuspampinī
genitivepampinīpampinōrum
dativepampinōpampinīs
accusativepampinumpampinōs
ablativepampinōpampinīs
vocativepampinepampinī

pampĭnus, i, m. and f. (in
I. fem.: circumflua pampinus, Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 366: opaca, id. Epith. Pall. et Celer. 5; cf. Donat. p. 1747 P.; Serv. Verg. E. 7, 58, acc. to whom Varro often used the word as a fem.) [root pamp-, pap-, to swell, v. pōpulus; cf. papula, pustule], a tendril or young shoot of a vine (cf. palmes).
I. Lit., Col. 4, 22, 4: ex gemmis pampini pullulant, id. 3, 18, 4: pampinos detergere, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175: detrahere, id. 17, 22, 35, § 193.—
2. A vine-leaf, the foliage of a vine: involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64: uva vestita pampinis, Cic. Sen. 15, 53: male defendet pampinus uvas, Verg. G. 1, 448: ornatus viridi tempora pampino Liber, Hor. C. 4, 8, 34: pampini densitas, Col. 3, 2, 11.—
II. Transf., a clasper or tendril of any climbing plant, Plin. 16, 35, 63, § 153; 9, 51, 74, § 163.

Origins

Pokorny suggests a derivation from a Proto-Indo-European root common with Lithuanian pampti (“to swell up”), Lithuanian pùmpa (“knob”) and Latvian pumpe (“bump”).

Descendants
  • Catalanpàmpol
  • Frenchpampre
  • Italianpampino
  • Italianpampano
  • Portuguesepâmpano
  • Spanishpámpano
  • Galicianpampo
  • Sicilianpàmpina

In English words that came into English from pampinus

  • pampiniformpampinus
  • pamprepampinus

Quick answers

What does pampinus mean in Latin?
pampinus, a noun, means “foliage of a vine, vine-shoot, vine leaf; tendril; shoot”.
What is the genitive of pampinus?
The genitive singular is pampinī. pampinus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce pampinus?
In classical Latin, [ˈpam.pɪ.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpam.pi.nus].