lendis

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Restructured from Classical lend-, the oblique stem of lēns. Attested in Theodorus Priscianus and Marcellus Empiricus.[1]

Noun

lendis f (genitive lendinis); third declension (Late Latin)

  1. nit, louse

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

(See also lendina.)

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: lendine
  • Insular Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Vulgar Latin: *lenditem (alternative accusative)

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “liendre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 645