[ˈspiː.na], [ˈspiː.na]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”).
- declension-1a thorn or a thorny tree or shrub, such as whitethorn, hawthorn, or blackthorn
- declension-1a thorn, spine, prickle
- declension-1a fishbone
- declension-1the backbone, spine
- declension-1a low wall along the centre of a circus (racecourse); a barrier
- declension-1a toothpick
- Classical-Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-1, figuratively, in-pluralthorns, difficulties, subtleties, perplexities in speaking and debating
“Iter pigrōrum quasi sēpēs spīnārum; via iūstōrum absque offendiculō.
The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns; the way of the just is without offence.
(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752”
- declension-1, figuratively, in-pluralcares
- declension-1, figuratively, in-pluralerrors
- declension-1a city in Cisalpine Gaul situated near the southernmost mouth of the Padus
Formsspīna(canonical, feminine) · spīnae(genitive) · spīna(nominative, singular) · spīnae(nominative, plural) · spīnae(genitive, singular) · spīnārum(genitive, plural) · spīnae(dative, singular) · spīnīs(dative, plural) · spīnam(accusative, singular) · spīnās(accusative, plural) · spīnā(ablative, singular) · spīnīs(ablative, plural) · spīna(singular, vocative) · spīnae(plural, vocative) · Spīna(canonical, feminine, singular) · Spīnae(genitive) · Spīna(nominative, singular) · Spīnae(genitive, singular) · Spīnae(dative, singular) · Spīnam(accusative, singular)
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