vicinus

Latin

Etymology

vīcus (“town, street, quarter”) +‎ -īnus (“pertaining to”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iːˈkiː.nus/, [u̯iːˈkiːnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈt͡ʃi.nus/, [viˈt͡ʃiːnus]

Adjective

vīcīnus (feminine vīcīna, neuter vīcīnum, comparative vīcīnior, adverb vīcīnē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (chiefly poetic) near, neighboring
    Synonyms: propinquus, contiguus, fīnitimus, proximus
    Antonyms: longinquus, remōtus
  2. like, similar, kindred

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative vīcīnus vīcīna vīcīnum vīcīnī vīcīnae vīcīna
Genitive vīcīnī vīcīnae vīcīnī vīcīnōrum vīcīnārum vīcīnōrum
Dative vīcīnō vīcīnō vīcīnīs
Accusative vīcīnum vīcīnam vīcīnum vīcīnōs vīcīnās vīcīna
Ablative vīcīnō vīcīnā vīcīnō vīcīnīs
Vocative vīcīne vīcīna vīcīnum vīcīnī vīcīnae vīcīna

Noun

vīcīnus m (genitive vīcīnī); second declension

  1. neighbour/neighbor

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vīcīnus vīcīnī
Genitive vīcīnī vīcīnōrum
Dative vīcīnō vīcīnīs
Accusative vīcīnum vīcīnōs
Ablative vīcīnō vīcīnīs
Vocative vīcīne vīcīnī

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Late Latin: vēcīnus (see there for further descendants)
  • Sardinian: bichinu, vichinu; bixinu; bighinu, vighinu

See also

References
  • “vicinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vicinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vicinus 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)
  • vicinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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