Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Linum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Linaceae – flax and related plants.

See also

• See Wikipedia for species

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.num/, [ˈlɪ.nũ]

Proper noun

Linum m

1. accusative of Linus

Latin

Noun

līnum n ‎(genitive līnī); second declension

1. flax
2. linen cloth; garment made of linen
3. rope, line, string, thread, cord, cable
4. net for hunting or fishing
5. wick of a lamp
6. sail

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (rope, cord): chorda, cōpula, fūnis, mītra, restis, retināculum, rudēns

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• linum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• linum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LINUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “linum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to open a letter: epistulam solvere, aperire, resignare (of Romans also linum incīdere)
    
• linum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈnum/

Noun

linum ‎(plural linums)

1. flax

Declension