adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
vīmineus
vīmineus (feminine vīminea, neuter vīmineum)
Classical[wiːˈmɪ.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[viˈmiː.ne.us]
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalwickerwork
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ex virgīs flexīs textusvīmineus -a -um — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 7
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīmineus | vīminea | vīmineum |
| genitive | vīmineī | vīmineae | vīmineī |
| dative | vīmineō | vīmineae | vīmineō |
| accusative | vīmineum | vīmineam | vīmineum |
| ablative | vīmineō | vīmineā | vīmineō |
| vocative | vīminee | vīminea | vīmineum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīmineī | vīmineae | vīminea |
| genitive | vīmineōrum | vīmineārum | vīmineōrum |
| dative | vīmineīs | vīmineīs | vīmineīs |
| accusative | vīmineōs | vīmineās | vīminea |
| ablative | vīmineīs | vīmineīs | vīmineīs |
| vocative | vīmineī | vīmineae | vīminea |
vīmĭnĕus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. made of osiers, of wicker-work:
tegumenta, Caes. B. C. 3, 63: loricula, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9: crates, Verg. G. 1, 95: fasces virgarum, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 26: salix, serving for wicker-work, Plin. 16, 37, 69, § 177 (al. viminalis).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vīmineus adj.
vimen, made of osiers, of wicker-work: tegumenta, Cs.: crates, V.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin vīmineus From vīmen + -eus.
Descendants
- Spanishmimbreño
In English words that came into English from vīmineus
- vimineousvīmineus