What does sentis mean in Latin?

sentis, a noun, means “thornbush, brier bush, bramble”.

What is the genitive of sentis?

The genitive singular is sentis. sentis is masculine, third declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈsɛn.tɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsɛn.tis].

noun · masculinethird declension

sentis m or f (genitive sentis)

Classical[ˈsɛn.tɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɛn.tis]

femininemasculineplural normallythornbush, brier bush, bramble
sentis canis(prob.) a spieces of wild rose

sentis, is (acc. sentim, Col. 11, 3, 4), m. (

I. fem.: et rubus et sentes tantummodo natae, Ov. de Nuce, 113: tenerae fruticum sentes, Verg. Cul. 55).

I. A thorn, thornbush, brier, bramble (usually in plur., and mostly poet.; not in Cic.; but. cf. vepris).

(a). Plur.: arbores, vites, vepres, sentes, S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 129: He. Asper meus victus sane est. Er. Sentesne esitas? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; Lucr. 5, 207; Verg. E. 4, 29; id. G. 2, 411; id. A. 2, 379; 9, 382; Ov. M. 1, 509; 2, 799; *Caes. B. G. 2, 17; Col. 6, 3, 1 al.—

(b). Sing.: Graeci vocant κυνόσβατον, nos sentem canis appellamus, the dogrose, wild-brier, Col. 11, 3, 4.—*

II. Transf., in Plaut., of thievish hands, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 1.

Sentis, v. Sentinas.

From Proto-Indo-European *ksen-, extended from *kes- (“to scratch, itch”). Cognate with sentus, Ancient Greek ξαίνω (xaínō).

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