colocynthis

English

Noun

colocynthis

1. Obsolete form of colocynth.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• colocyntis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κολοκυνθίς (kolokunthís, “wild gourd, colocynth”).

Noun

colocynthis f (genitive colocynthidis); third declension

1. colocynth

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	colocynthis	colocynthidēs
genitive	colocynthidis	colocynthidum
dative	colocynthidī	colocynthidibus
accusative	colocynthidem	colocynthidēs
ablative	colocynthide	colocynthidibus
vocative	colocynthis	colocynthidēs

Descendants

• Translingual: Citrullus colocynthis

References

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