passerinus

== Latin == === Etymology === From passer (“sparrow”) + -īnus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pas.sɛˈriː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pas.seˈriː.nus] === Adjective === passerīnus (feminine passerīna, neuter passerīnum); first/second-declension adjective of or fit for a sparrow (New Latin) sparrow-like Synonym: sparverius ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “passerinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “passerinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.