colocynthis
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
colocynthis
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κολοκυνθίς (kolokunthís, “wild gourd, colocynth”).
Noun[edit]
colocynthis f (genitive colocynthidis); third declension
Inflection[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | colocynthis | colocynthidēs |
| Genitive | colocynthidis | colocynthidum |
| Dative | colocynthidī | colocynthidibus |
| Accusative | colocynthidem | colocynthidēs |
| Ablative | colocynthide | colocynthidibus |
| Vocative | colocynthis | colocynthidēs |
Descendants[edit]
- Translingual: Citrullus colocynthis
References[edit]
- “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.