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Latin

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Etymology

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From līnum (flax; linen cloth).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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līneus (feminine līnea, neuter līneum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of flax or linen; flaxen

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Albanian: linjë
  • French: linge
  • Italian: lino
  • Norman: lînge
  • Portuguese: líneo
  • Spanish: líneo

References

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  • lineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lineus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.