Odinus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Ōthinus Ōthin (indeclinable) === Etymology === From Old Norse Óðinn. Morphologically, the second n of Óðinn is parallel to Latin -us. The th-variants originate with native speakers of Old Norse, and likely reflect their spelling and pronunciation habits. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈoː.dɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.di.nus] === Proper noun === Ōdinus m sg (genitive Ōdinī); second declension (Medieval Latin, Norse mythology, Germanic paganism) Odin c. 1200, Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum book 1 chapter 7.1 and book 2 chapter 7.25: ==== Usage notes ==== Also called Mercury (Mercurius), via interpretation. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Synonyms ==== Vōdanus (from continental Germanic, attested in the 7th century in Vita Sancti Columbani by Jonas of Bobbio) === References === "Odinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)