cachrys
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- cachry n
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάχρυς (kákhrus).
Noun[edit]
cachrys f (genitive cachryos); third declension
- an appendage to the catkin of certain trees in autumn, a cone
- the capsule of rosemary
- the white kernel of the sea fennel plant (crēthmos in Latin)
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cachrys | cachryes |
Genitive | cachryos | cachryum |
Dative | cachryī | cachryibus |
Accusative | cachrym | cachryas |
Ablative | cachry | cachryibus |
Vocative | cachrys cachry1 |
cachryes |
1In poetry.
References[edit]
- “cachrys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cachrys in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.