noun · femininefirst declension
pinna1
pinna f (genitive pinnae)
Classical[ˈpɪn.na]Ecclesiastical[ˈpin.na]
Meaning
- alternativefemininealternative form of penna (“wing, feather”)
- femininea fin
- femininea merlon, cop (the raised part of a parapet or battlement)
- Medieval Latinfemininea peg, pin, bolt
ad pinnās bibere
to drink in large quantities or competitively
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pinna | pinnae |
| genitive | pinnae | pinnārum |
| dative | pinnae | pinnīs |
| accusative | pinnam | pinnās |
| ablative | pinnā | pinnīs |
| vocative | pinna | pinnae |
pinna, ae, f., v. penna.
pinna,
I. a kind of mussel; prop. pīnă, q. v.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pinna ae, f
SPI-, a feather, plume (upon a bird; see also penna): (aves) pullos pinnis fovent.— A wing (only plur.): O Fides alma apta pinnis: pinnis coruscant (apes), V.: non pinnis sublime elatos Alpīs transgressos, L.—Fig.: illi, qui mihi pinnas inciderant, had clipped , i. e. made me helpless : Decisis humilis pinnis, i. e. humbled , H.: Maiores pinnas nido extendisse, i. e. have risen above my origin , H.: praepetis omnia pinnae, i. e. of flight , V.: pinnā veras dare notas, O.— An arrow : olor traiectus pinnā, O.— A pinnacle : huic (aggeri) loricam pinnasque adiecit, Cs.: asseribus falcatis detergebat pinnas, L.: sedes pinnis atque aggere cingit, V.— A promontory, cape : tribus (Sicania) excurrit in aequora pinnis, O.
(pinna) see pīna.
Origins
Uncertain, could be a merger of two etymons: * In the sense "fin", from Proto-Indo-European *(s)piHn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”), cognate to Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”), English fin. * In other senses, a dialectal form of penna with either pre-nasal (as in dignus) or post-labial (as in firmus) raising, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).
Descendants
- Italianpinna
- Sicilianpinna