ascyron

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσκυρον (áskuron).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ky.ron/, [ˈäs̠kʏrɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃ.ʃi.ron/, [ˈäʃːiron]

Noun

ascyron n (genitive ascyrī); second declension

1. A plant, the St John's wort

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ascyron	ascyra
Genitive	ascyrī	ascyrōrum
Dative	ascyrō	ascyrīs
Accusative	ascyron	ascyra
Ablative	ascyrō	ascyrīs
Vocative	ascyron	ascyra

Synonyms

• androsaemon

References

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