hinnitus

Latin

Etymology

From hinniō (“I neigh”) ‎ -tus (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hinˈniː.tus/, [hɪnˈniːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈni.tus/, [inˈniːt̪us]

Noun

hinnītus m (genitive hinnītūs); fourth declension

1. neigh, the cry of a horse

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hinnītus	hinnītūs
genitive	hinnītūs	hinnītuum
dative	hinnītuī	hinnītibus
accusative	hinnītum	hinnītūs
ablative	hinnītū	hinnītibus
vocative	hinnītus	hinnītūs

References

• “hinnitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hinnitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.