noun · femininevariously declined, fourth declension, second declension
pīnus
pīnus f (genitive pīnūs or pīnī)
Classical[ˈpiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpiː.nus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- pine tree, fir tree
- pinewood, or a thing made of such wood
- lance, spear
- wreath of pine leaves
- pine forest, pineland
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
arbor alta; folia eius tenuia et acūta sunt.pīnus -ūs f — in Mille Verba, Arborēs et Plantae
arbor alta corōnātapīnus -ī (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 15
arbor, ex quā nāvēs fīunt; ipsa nāvispīnus -ūs (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 23
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pīnus | pīnūs pīnī |
| genitive | pīnūs pīnī | pīnuum pīnōrum |
| dative | pīnuī pīnō | pīnibus pīnīs |
| accusative | pīnum | pīnūs pīnōs |
| ablative | pīnū pīnō | pīnibus pīnīs |
| vocative | pīnus pīne | pīnūs pīnī |
pīnus, ūs and i (dat. pinu, Prop. 3, 19, 19;
I. abl. sing. only pinu; gen. and abl. plur. pinorum and pinis), f., = πίτυς.
I. Lit., a pine, pine-tree; a fir, fir-tree: Pinus silvestris, Linn.; Plin. 16, 20, 33, § 79; 16, 25, 40, § 95:
ex altā pinu, Verg. G. 2, 389: pinos loquentes, id. E. 8, 22: evertunt actas ad sidera pinus, id. A. 11, 136: Idaeae sacro de vertice pinus, id. ib. 10, 230: gummi in cerasis, resina pinis, Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 42.— The pine was sacred to Cybele, Ov. M. 10, 103; Macr. S. 6, 9; Phaedr. 3, 17, 4; to Diana, Hor. C. 3, 22, 1; Prop. 2, 15, 17 (3, 12, 19); Pan was represented with a pinewreath, Ov. M. 14, 638; Sil. 13, 331; so, too, Faunus, Ov. H. 5, 137. The victors at the Isthmian games were also crowned with a pine-wreath, Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 36.—Acc. to the fable, Pitys, i. e. pinus, was beloved by Pan; hence, pinus amica Arcadio deo, Prop. 1, 18, 29 (20).—B. The stone-pine, which bears an edible fruit, Plin. 16, 10, 16, § 38.—
II. Transf., any thing made of pine-wood or pine-trees.
1. A ship:
quos Mincius infestā ducebat in aequora pinu, Verg. A. 10, 206; Hor. Epod. 16, 57: quamvis Pontica pinus Silvae filia nobilis, id. C. 1, 14, 11: orbata praeside pinus, Ov. M. 14, 88.—2. A pine torch:
atque manum pinu flagranti fervidus implet, Verg. A. 9, 72.— 3. A lance, spear, Stat. Th. 8, 539.—
4. An oar, Luc. 3, 531.—
6. A pine forest:
Gallinaria pinus, Juv. 3, 307.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pīnus (ūs), abl. pīnū; plur. pīnūs; acc. pīnūs or pīnōs; f
PI-, PIC-, a pine, pine-tree, fir, firtree : ex altā pinu, V.: pinos loquentes, V.: Grata deūm matri, i. e. to Cybele , O.: tua (to Diana), H.: pinu praecincti cornua Panes, O.— A ship, vessel, boat of pine : infesta, V.: Pontica pinus Silvae filia nobilis, H.: orbata praeside pinus, O.— A pine torch : manum pinu flagranti inplet, V.— A wreath of pine-leaves : pinuque caput praecinctus acutā, O.— A pine forest : Gallinaria, Iu.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *pīnos, of disputed origin, with multiple theories proposed: * From the same origin as Ancient Greek πῐ́νᾰξ (pĭ́năx, “wooden board, plank”). * From the same origin as Ancient Greek πίτῠς (pítŭs, “pine tree”) and Albanian pishë (“id”), which is generally reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *pī́ts. * Related to pix (“pitch, tar”), itself generally considered of the same origin as the second etymology above. See also Sanskrit पितु (pitu, “sap, juice, resin”).
Descendants
- Frenchpin
- Italianpino
- Portuguesepinhofrom Old Galician-Portuguese pinho
- Catalanpifrom Old Occitan pin
- Occitanpinfrom Old Occitan pin
- Romanianpin
- Sardinianopinu
- Spanishpino
- Aragonesepino
- Aromanianchin
In English words that came into English from pīnus
- pinepīnus
- piñatapinea
- pinealpīnea
- pinenepīnus
- pinasterpinaster
- pinetumpīnētum