fagineus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === fāginus === Etymology === From fāgus (“beech”), suffixed with the unproductive -ineus following Ancient Greek φηγινέος (phēginéos), a variant of φήγινος (phḗginos, “oaken”). Formations such as oleāgineus (“of olives”) may have played a role in reinforcing the ending. A direct borrowing from Ancient Greek is to be excluded on phonological and semantical grounds. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [faːˈɡɪ.ne.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [faˈd͡ʒiː.ne.us] === Adjective === fāgineus (feminine fāginea, neuter fāgineum); first/second-declension adjective of beech, beechen, resembling a beech. Synonym: fāgeus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “fagineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fagineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “fagineus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. fagineus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “fāgus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 445