acorus

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἄκορος (ákoros), ἄκορον (ákoron).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

acorus f (genitive acorī); second declension

  1. an aromatic plant, perhaps sweet flag or calamus

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative acorus acorī
Genitive acorī acorōrum
Dative acorō acorīs
Accusative acorum acorōs
Ablative acorō acorīs
Vocative acore acorī

Descendants[edit]

  • Translingual: Acorus

References[edit]

  • acorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • acorus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • acorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.