cichorium

See also: Cichorium

Latin

Alternative forms

• cichorēum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κιχώριον (kikhṓrion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kiˈkʰo.ri.um/, [kɪˈkʰɔriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈko.ri.um/, [t͡ʃiˈkɔːrium]

Noun

cichorium n (genitive cichoriī or cichorī); second declension

1. chicory, succory
2. endive

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cichorium	cichoria
Genitive	cichoriī cichorī1	cichoriōrum
Dative	cichoriō	cichoriīs
Accusative	cichorium	cichoria
Ablative	cichoriō	cichoriīs
Vocative	cichorium	cichoria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Albanian: kore
• Aromanian: tsicoarã
• Catalan: xicoira
• Basque: txikoria
• Dutch: suikerij
• English: chicory, succory
• French: chicorée
• German: Schikoree

• Italian: cicoria
• Occitan: cicorèa
• Polish: cykoria
• Portuguese: chicória
• Romanian: cicoare
• Russian: цико́рий (cikórij)
• Spanish: achicoria

References

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