schoenus
See also: Schoenus
English
Etymology
Latin [Term?]
Noun
schoenus (plural schoeni)
- (historical) An ancient unit of length and area based on the knotted cords first used in Egyptian surveying.
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχοῖνος (skhoînos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskʰoe̯.nus/, [ˈs̠kʰoe̯nʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈske.nus/, [ˈskɛːnus]
Noun
schoenus m (genitive schoenī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | schoenus | schoenī |
Genitive | schoenī | schoenōrum |
Dative | schoenō | schoenīs |
Accusative | schoenum | schoenōs |
Ablative | schoenō | schoenīs |
Vocative | schoene | schoenī |
Descendants
- Translingual: Schoenus
References
- “schoenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- schoenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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