myrtus

Latin

Alternative forms

• murtus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύρτος (murtos, “myrtle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈmʏr.tus/

Noun

myrtus (genitive myrtī); f, second declension

1. myrtle (tree)
   • 23 BCE, Horace, Carmina, Book I:4.9-10

     Nunc decet aut uiridi nitidum caput impedire myrto / aut flore, terrae quem ferunt solutae

     Now its right to garland our gleaming heads, with green myrtle or flowers, / whatever the unfrozen earth now bears

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	myrtus	myrtī
genitive	myrtī	myrtōrum
dative	myrtō	myrtīs
accusative	myrtum	myrtōs
ablative	myrtō	myrtīs
vocative	myrte	myrtī

Derived terms

• myrtāceus
• myrtātus
• myrtētum
• myrteus
• myrtidanum

Related terms

• myrteolus
• myrtinus
• myrtītēs
• myrtum

Descendants

• French: myrte
• Italian: mirto
• Portuguese: mirto, mirta
• Romanian: mirt