sardinus

Latin

Etymology

From sarda, from Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sarˈdiː.nus/, [s̠ärˈd̪iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sarˈdi.nus/, [särˈd̪iːnus]

Adjective

sardīnus (feminine sardīna, neuter sardīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) sardian, carnelian (especially of the deep red colour)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sardīnus	sardīna	sardīnum		sardīnī	sardīnae	sardīna
genitive	sardīnī	sardīnae	sardīnī		sardīnōrum	sardīnārum	sardīnōrum
dative	sardīnō	sardīnae	sardīnō		sardīnīs
accusative	sardīnum	sardīnam	sardīnum		sardīnōs	sardīnās	sardīna
ablative	sardīnō	sardīnā	sardīnō		sardīnīs
vocative	sardīne	sardīna	sardīnum		sardīnī	sardīnae	sardīna

Related terms

• sardius

References

• “sardinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sardinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sardinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.