spina
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīna (“a thorn; a prickle, spine”). Doublet of spine.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
spina (plural spinae)
- (anatomy) A spine; the backbone.
- (music) One of the quills of a spinet.
- (historical) A barrier dividing the Ancient Roman hippodrome longitudinally.
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Esperanto[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
spina (accusative singular spinan, plural spinaj, accusative plural spinajn)
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
spina f (genitive singular spinu, uncountable)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of spina (singular only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| f1s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | spina | spinan |
| accusative | spinu | spinuna |
| dative | spinu | spinuni |
| genitive | spinu | spinunnar |
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Gallurese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Classical Latin spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey-neh₂, derived from the root *spey- (“long; thin; sharp”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
spina f (plural spini)
References[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
spina f (plural spine)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- birra alla spina (“draught/draft beer”)
- spina dorsale
- spinale
- tenere sulle spine
- spinney
- spinoso
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspiː.na/, [ˈs̠piːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspi.na/, [ˈspiːnä]
Noun[edit]
spīna f (genitive spīnae); first declension
- (literal) a thorn or a thorny tree or shrub, such as whitethorn, hawthorn, or blackthorn
- (transferred sense)
- (figurative, in the plural)
Inflection[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | spīna | spīnae |
| Genitive | spīnae | spīnārum |
| Dative | spīnae | spīnīs |
| Accusative | spīnam | spīnās |
| Ablative | spīnā | spīnīs |
| Vocative | spīna | spīnae |
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Descendants[edit]
See also spīnus
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- Learned borrowings:
References[edit]
- “spina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- spina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- subtleties of logic; dilemmas: disserendi spinae (Fin. 4. 28. 79)
- minute, captious subdivisions and definitions: spinae partiendi et definiendi (Tusc. 5. 8. 22)
- subtleties of logic; dilemmas: disserendi spinae (Fin. 4. 28. 79)
- “spina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “spina”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “spina”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 580
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
spina
- Alternative form of spyne
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Deverbal from spinać się.
Noun[edit]
spina f
Declension[edit]
Declension of spina
Etymology 2[edit]
Back-formation from spinka.
Noun[edit]
spina f
- (dated) Augmentative of spinka; fastener
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
spina
Etymology 4[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey-neh₂, from the root *spey- (“sharp point”).
Noun[edit]
spina f
- (obsolete) spine, vertebral column
- Synonym: kręgosłup
Declension[edit]
Declension of spina
Related terms[edit]
adjective
nouns
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- spina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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