amarantus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin amarantus.

Noun[edit]

amarantus

  1. amaranth (rare, formal)

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, unfading).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

amarantus m (genitive amarantī); second declension

  1. amaranth

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amarantus amarantī
Genitive amarantī amarantōrum
Dative amarantō amarantīs
Accusative amarantum amarantōs
Ablative amarantō amarantīs
Vocative amarante amarantī

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • amarantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • amarantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • amarantus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • amarantus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray