lathyros

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λᾱ́θυρος (lā́thuros), from a substrate source shared by German Linse, Lithuanian lęšis and Latin lens.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.tʰy.ros/, [ˈɫ̪äːt̪ʰʏrɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ti.ros/, [ˈläːt̪iros]

Noun

lāthyros m (genitive lāthyrī); second declension

1. vetchling

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lāthyros	lāthyrī
Genitive	lāthyrī	lāthyrōrum
Dative	lāthyrō	lāthyrīs
Accusative	lāthyron	lāthyrōs
Ablative	lāthyrō	lāthyrīs
Vocative	lāthyre	lāthyrī

Descendants

• Translingual: Lathyrus

References

• “lathyros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lathyros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.