vicinus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

vīcīnus m (genitive vīcīnī); second declension

  1. neighbour/neighbor

Declension

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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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