"echinus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

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
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    "echinus"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "echinus",
  "trace": ""
}

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