holus

Latin

Alternative forms

• olus

Etymology

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From Old Latin helus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-os- (“green things”), from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green”). Cognates include Latin fel, helvus, Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ), χλόη (khlóē), χλοερός (khloerós), χλωρός (khlōrós), English gold and gall, Old English ġeolu (English yellow).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈho.lus/, [ˈhɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.lus/, [ˈɔːlus]

Noun

holus n (genitive holeris); third declension

1. vegetable; greens

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	holus	holera
genitive	holeris	holerum
dative	holerī	holeribus
accusative	holus	holera
ablative	holere	holeribus
vocative	holus	holera

Derived terms

• holitor
• holitōrius
• holerō

References

• “holus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “holus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• holus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287