uterinus

Latin

Etymology

uterus +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u.teˈriː.nus/, [ʊt̪ɛˈriːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.teˈri.nus/, [ut̪eˈriːnus]

Adjective

uterīnus (feminine uterīna, neuter uterīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. uterine (all senses)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	uterīnus	uterīna	uterīnum		uterīnī	uterīnae	uterīna
Genitive	uterīnī	uterīnae	uterīnī		uterīnōrum	uterīnārum	uterīnōrum
Dative	uterīnō	uterīnae	uterīnō		uterīnīs
Accusative	uterīnum	uterīnam	uterīnum		uterīnōs	uterīnās	uterīna
Ablative	uterīnō	uterīnā	uterīnō		uterīnīs
Vocative	uterīne	uterīna	uterīnum		uterīnī	uterīnae	uterīna

Descendants

• Catalan: uterí
• → French: utérin (learned)
• Galician: uterino
• Italian: uterino
• Portuguese: uterino
• Spanish: uterino

References

• “uterinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• uterinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.