Albinus

Latin

Etymology

Albīnus and Albīna are derived from the Latin proper name Albus/Alba, with the suffix -īnus/-īna. Finally from the Latin adjective albus/alba (“white”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈbiː.nus/, [äɫ̪ˈbiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈbi.nus/, [älˈbiːnus]

Proper noun

Albīnus m (genitive Albīnī); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albin

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Albīnus	Albīnī
genitive	Albīnī	Albīnōrum
dative	Albīnō	Albīnīs
accusative	Albīnum	Albīnōs
ablative	Albīnō	Albīnīs
vocative	Albīne	Albīnī

Descendants

• English: Albin
• Old French: Aubyn
  • French: Albin, Aubin
  • ⇒ Irish: Tóibín
• German: Albin
• Irish: Ailbín
• Italian: Albino
• Russian: Альби́н (Alʹbín)
• Spanish: Albino
• Swedish: Albin

References

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