hordeum

See also Hordeum

Latin

Alternative forms

• ordeum

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰrzdeyom (“bristly”) after the long prickly awns of the ear of grain. Cognate to Old High German gersta (“barley”), German Gerste (“barley”). Related to Latin horreo (“to bristle”), hirsutus (“hairy”), and ericius (“urchin”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈhor.de.um/

Noun

hordeum (genitive hordeī); n, second declension

1. barley

Usage notes

Classical writers used plural forms, but critics such as Bavius claimed that it should only be used in the singular.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	hordeum	hordea
genitive	hordeī	hordeōrum
dative	hordeō	hordeīs
accusative	hordeum	hordea
ablative	hordeō	hordeīs
vocative	hordeum	hordea

Derived terms

• hordeāceus
• hordeārius
• hordeolus

Descendants

Aromanian: ordzu Catalan: ordi Dalmatian: vuarz Dutch: orgeade English: orgeat French: orge, orgeat Friulian: vuardi Galician: orjo

Italian: orzo, orzata Occitan: òrdi, ordiat Romanian: orz Romansch: ierdi, üerdi Sardinian: ogliu, olzu, orgiu, orju, orzu Spanish: hordio Translingual: Hordeum

References

• hordeum in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879