sinum

See also: sínum

Icelandic

Noun

sinum

  1. indefinite dative plural of sin

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Maybe from a Proto-Indo-European root common with Lithuanian sìlis (crib) and sìlė (trough)[1].

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsiː.num/, [ˈsiː.nũ]

Noun

sīnum n (genitive sīnī); second declension

  1. A large, round drinking vessel with swelling sides

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sīnum sīna
Genitive sīnī sīnōrum
Dative sīnō sīnīs
Accusative sīnum sīna
Ablative sīnō sīnīs
Vocative sīnum sīna

Etymology 2

Noun

sīnum

  1. accusative singular of sīnus

References

  • sinum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sinum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sinum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • sinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) on good grounds; reasonably: non sine causa
    • (ambiguous) without doubt, beyond all doubt: sine dubio (not sine ullo dubio)
    • (ambiguous) without any hesitation; without the least scruple: sine ulla dubitatione
    • (ambiguous) without delay: sine mora or nulla mora interposita
    • (ambiguous) to be driven into the arms of philosophy: in sinum philosophiae compelli
    • (ambiguous) indisputably; incontestably: sine (ulla) controversia
    • (ambiguous) to read a speech: de scripto orationem habere, dicere (opp. sine scripto, ex memoria)
    • (ambiguous) without any disguise, frankly: sine fuco ac fallaciis (Att. 1. 1. 1)
    • (ambiguous) with no moderation: sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
    • (ambiguous) to lend some one money (without interest): pecuniam alicui credere (sine fenore, usuris)
    • (ambiguous) to restore prisoners without ransom: captivos sine pretio reddere
  • sinum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), sinum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 546
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