bacinus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === bassinus, bacenus, bacinium n, bacina f === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“basin, wide bowl”), attested as bacchinon in Late Latin, either from bacca (“vessel”), probably of Gaulish origin, or directly from Gaulish *bakkinon (“cup, wooden bowl”). === Noun === bacinus m (genitive bacinī); second declension (Medieval Latin) basin font (oil reservoir for a lamp) bascinet gong a small dry measure ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “bacinus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC bacinium in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ), Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “bacinus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 76