mastichinus

== Latin == === Etymology === Post-Classical, borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστίχινος (mastíkhinos), or from mastichē, from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [masˈtɪ.kʰɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [masˈtiː.ki.nus] === Adjective === mastichinus (feminine mastichina, neuter mastichinum); first/second-declension adjective of or belonging to the mastic tree ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== mastichē ==== Descendants ==== Albanian: mështekër (“birch”) Aromanian: misteacãn (“birch”) Romanian: mesteacăn (“birch”) Sicilian: mastigona (“piney thistle”) Sardinian lustinchinu < Lentiscus is formed analogically after mastichinus <Greek μαστίχα - the same tree. === References === “mastichinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mastichinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.