echinus, echini:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
edible sea-urchin; copper dish;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | echinus | echini |
| Gen. | echini | echinorum |
| Dat. | echino | echinis |
| Acc. | echinum | echinos |
| Voc. | echine | echini |
| Abl. | echino | echinis |
Examples
Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...licet digitos testudine pungat acuta, cortice deposita mollis echinus erit. LXXXVII. Murices. Sanguine de nostro tinctas, ingrate, lacernas..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...lapis albus pocula cum cyatho duo sustinet, adstat echinus vilis, cum patera guttus, Campana supellex. deinde eo dormitum..."