alicastrum

Latin

Etymology

From alic(a) (“wheat”) +‎ -astrum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.liˈkas.trum/, [älʲɪˈkäs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.liˈkas.trum/, [äliˈkäst̪rum]

Noun

alicastrum n (genitive alicastrī); second declension

1. early-ripening variety of emmer (“wheat”).
2. summer spelt.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alicastrum	alicastra
Genitive	alicastrī	alicastrōrum
Dative	alicastrō	alicastrīs
Accusative	alicastrum	alicastra
Ablative	alicastrō	alicastrīs
Vocative	alicastrum	alicastra

References

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