intestinum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.tesˈtiː.num/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛs̠ˈt̪iːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.tesˈti.num/, [in̪t̪esˈt̪iːnum]

Adjective

intestīnum

1. inflection of intestīnus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

intestīnum n (genitive intestīnī); second declension

1. guts, intestines, entrails of the abdomen

   intestīnum medium ― mesentery

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	intestīnum	intestīna
genitive	intestīnī	intestīnōrum
dative	intestīnō	intestīnīs
accusative	intestīnum	intestīna
ablative	intestīnō	intestīnīs
vocative	intestīnum	intestīna

Descendants

• > Sassarese: isthintinu m (inherited)
  • ⇒ Sassarese: Isthintinu, Isthintini m
    • → Italian: Stintino m
    • → Sardinian: Istintinu m
• → Middle French: intestin m
  • French: intestin m
• → Italian: intestino m

References

• “intestinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intestinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) a civil war: bellum intestinum, domesticum (opp. bellum externum)