[ˈwiː.nũː], [ˈviː.num]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *wīnom, from a thematicized form of Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ō.
- declension-2wine
“In vīnō vēritās.” — In wine, there is truth.
“Vīna bonus quae deinde cadīs onerārat Acestēs
lītore Trīnacriō dederatque abeuntibus hērōs
dīvidit ….
Next, wine – which good Acestes had loaded in casks along the Sicilian shore, and [which that] her” — (See: Acestes/Acestes; Aeneas/Aeneas; “Trinacria” was an ancient name for Sicily/Sicily.)
“vīna quiēs sequitur
Rest is following the wines.” — [Drink] [enough] wine, [and] rest follows.
- declension-2, figurativelygrapes
- declension-2, figurativelya grapevine
Formaevīnum(canonical, neuter) · vīnī(genitive) · vīnum(nominative, singular) · vīna(nominative, plural) · vīnī(genitive, singular) · vīnōrum(genitive, plural) · vīnō(dative, singular) · vīnīs(dative, plural) · vīnum(accusative, singular) · vīna(accusative, plural) · vīnō(ablative, singular) · vīnīs(ablative, plural) · vīnum(singular, vocative) · vīna(plural, vocative) · vīnus(alternative, nonstandard)