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linum ilnum lnium nlium inlum nilum liunm ilunm luinm ulinm iulnm uilnm lnuim nluim lunim ulnim nulim unlim inulm niulm iunlm uinlm nuilm unilm linmu ilnmu lnimu nlimu inlmu nilmu limnu ilmnu lminu mlinu imlnu milnu lnmiu nlmiu lmniu mlniu nmliu mnliu inmlu nimlu imnlu minlu nmilu mnilu liumn ilumn luimn ulimn iulmn uilmn limun ilmun lmiun mliun imlun milun lumin ulmin lmuin mluin umlin mulin iumln uimln imuln miuln umiln muiln lnumi nlumi lunmi ulnmi nulmi unlmi lnmui nlmui lmnui mlnui nmlui mnlui lumni ulmni lmuni mluni umlni mulni numli unmli nmuli mnuli umnli munli inuml niuml iunml uinml nuiml uniml inmul nimul imnul minul nmiul mniul iumnl uimnl imunl miunl uminl muinl numil unmil nmuil mnuil umnil munil

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Definitions and meaning of linum

linum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *līnom, likely from Proto-Indo-European *līnom.

Cognates include Old English līne (“line, rope, cord”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽 (lein) and other derivatives of Proto-Germanic *līną, although Pokorny proposed it is a borrowing from Latin.

Although Greek λίνον (línon), Lithuanian linas, Russian лён (ljon) are sometimes listed as cognates, they actually derive from *lino- with a short /i/.

Celtic and Albanian words for linen probably derive from Latin, although Celtic languages retained possibly related cloth terms with a short /i/ (see *linnā).

Considering also the existence of a Latin root with a short /i/ and a /t/ (linteum), reconstruction of a common PIE protoform is impossible, and no similarly sounding terms are attested outside of Europe.

If such roots were borrowed from one or several non-IE languages, as proposed by Machek, locating the source is impossible because cultivation of linen was ubiquitous in the region since the Neolithic.

Alternatively, Fick proposed derivation as a passive past participle from Proto-Indo-European *lei- (“to flow, pour”) because flax is soaked in water during its retting.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.num/, [ˈlʲiːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.num/, [ˈliːnum]

Noun

līnum n (genitive līnī); second declension

1. flax
2. linen cloth; garment made of linen
3. rope, line, string, thread, cord, cable
4. net for hunting or fishing
5. wick of a lamp
6. sail

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Synonyms

• (rope, cord): chorda, cōpula, fūnis, mītra, restis, retināculum, rudēns

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References

• “linum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “linum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• linum 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)
• linum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• “linum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “līnum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈnum/

Noun

linum (nominative plural linums)

1. flax

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