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Noun [English]

Forms: echinuses [plural], echini [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪnəs Etymology: From Latin echīnus (“hedgehog; sea urchin”), from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|echīnus||hedgehog; sea urchin}} Latin echīnus (“hedgehog; sea urchin”), {{der|en|grc|ἐχῖνος|}} Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|echini}} echinus (plural echinuses or echini)
  1. A sea urchin.
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  2. (architecture) The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.
    Sense id: en-echinus-en-noun-TF3ktvHp Categories (other): Architecture, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 48 39 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 2 20 27 25 2 8 5 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 16 34 29 2 6 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 2 26 26 26 2 6 4 4 5 Topics: architecture
  3. (architecture) The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.
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  4. (architecture) The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.
    Sense id: en-echinus-en-noun-y3h~V8Ou Categories (other): Architecture, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 48 39 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 2 20 27 25 2 8 5 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 16 34 29 2 6 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 2 26 26 26 2 6 4 4 5 Topics: architecture

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ɛˈkʰiː.nʊs] [Classical-Latin], [eˈkiː.nus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:ἐχῖνος|text=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁eǵʰis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*hekʰinos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἐχῖνος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "echinus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="echinus"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos). Head templates: {{la-noun|echīnus<2>}} echīnus m (genitive echīnī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|echīnus<2>}} Forms: echīnus [canonical, masculine], echīnī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], echīnus [nominative, singular], echīnī [nominative, plural], echīnī [genitive, singular], echīnōrum [genitive, plural], echīnō [dative, singular], echīnīs [dative, plural], echīnum [accusative, singular], echīnōs [accusative, plural], echīnō [ablative, singular], echīnīs [ablative, plural], echīne [singular, vocative], echīnī [plural, vocative]
  1. a sea urchin, especially the edible kind Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-echinus-la-noun-bUaTjWbb Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 19 23 21 19 19
  2. a hedgehog Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-echinus-la-noun-hseJpRn0 Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 8 43 27 16 6 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 19 23 21 19 19 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 35 27 16 13 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 13 32 24 16 14
  3. the prickly husk of a chestnut Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-echinus-la-noun-o8AMhrK3 Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 19 23 21 19 19
  4. a rinsing bowl, especially of copper Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-echinus-la-noun-Rzw5UGWe Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 19 23 21 19 19
  5. (architecture) an ornament under the chapiter of an Ionic or Doric column Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-echinus-la-noun-s3rzw4rm Categories (other): Architecture, Latin entries with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 19 23 21 19 19 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ērināceus Derived forms: echīnātus, echīnomētrae

Inflected forms

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