spinus

== Latin == === Etymology === From spīna. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspiː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈspiː.nus] === Noun === spīnus f (genitive spīnī or spīnūs); variously declined, second declension, fourth declension thorn-bush, black-thorn, sloe-tree ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun or fourth-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== (Note: see also spīna.) === References === “spinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “spinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “spinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.