LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

xērampelinus

xērampelinus (feminine xērampelina, neuter xērampelinum)
Classical[kseː.ramˈpɛ.lɪ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[kse.ramˈpɛː.li.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveHaving the color of a dead vine; a sort of brown.
    grande sonat metuique iubet Septembris et austri / adventum, nisi se centum lustraverit ovis / et xerampelinas veteres donaverit ipsi, / ut quidquid subiti et magni discriminis instat / in tunicas eat et totum semel expiet annum.c. 100 CE – c. 130 CE, Juvenalis, Saturae 6.517
    Decima ſexta mira admonum videtur: ſi ſupinam videris ubique, xerampelinam dixeris; ſi pronam ex viridi luteſcentem.1634, Thomas Muffet, Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum, page 93:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativexērampelinusxērampelinaxērampelinum
genitivexērampelinīxērampelinaexērampelinī
dativexērampelinōxērampelinaexērampelinō
accusativexērampelinumxērampelinamxērampelinum
ablativexērampelinōxērampelināxērampelinō
vocativexērampelinexērampelinaxērampelinum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativexērampelinīxērampelinaexērampelina
genitivexērampelinōrumxērampelinārumxērampelinōrum
dativexērampelinīsxērampelinīsxērampelinīs
accusativexērampelinōsxērampelināsxērampelina
ablativexērampelinīsxērampelinīsxērampelinīs
vocativexērampelinīxērampelinaexērampelina

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξηραμπέλῐνος (xērampélĭnos, “dead-vined”), from ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) + ἀμπέλῐνος (ampélĭnos, “of vine(s)”).

Descendants
  • Frenchxérampélin

Quick answers

What does xērampelinus mean in Latin?
xērampelinus, a adjective, means “Having the color of a dead vine; a sort of brown.”.
How do you pronounce xērampelinus?
In classical Latin, [kseː.ramˈpɛ.lɪ.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kse.ramˈpɛː.li.nus].