LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

vīcīna

vīcīna f (genitive vīcīnae)
Classical[wiːˈkiː.na]Ecclesiastical[viˈt͡ʃiː.na]

Meaning

  1. feminineneighbour/neighbor
  2. vicinity
  3. nearness
    Desinant ergo haeretici sperare vicinam ejus eversione, quasi post illam ipso mille anno regnaturi sonito usque ad tempora Got and Magog.Therefore the heretics should desist to hope for the nearness of its overthrow, as if after that themselves would be being about to reign until the times of Gog and Magog.1637, Cornelius a Lapide, chapter 20, in Commentaria in Scripturam Sacram, volume X, Apocalypsin, left column last paragraph Lugduni, Apud Pelagaud et Lesne, page 1309:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevīcīnavīcīnae
genitivevīcīnaevīcīnārum
dativevīcīnaevīcīnīs
accusativevīcīnamvīcīnās
ablativevīcīnāvīcīnīs
vocativevīcīnavīcīnae

Origins

From vīcus (“town, street, quarter”).

Descendants
  • Frenchvoisine
  • Italianvicina
  • Occitanvesina
  • Portuguesevizinha
  • Romanianvecină
  • Spanishvecina
  • Albanianfqinja
  • Ladinovizina
  • Ladinoב׳יזינה

Quick answers

What does vīcīna mean in Latin?
vīcīna, a noun, means “neighbour/neighbor; vicinity; nearness”.
What is the genitive of vīcīna?
The genitive singular is vīcīnae. vīcīna is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce vīcīna?
In classical Latin, [wiːˈkiː.na]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [viˈt͡ʃiː.na].