hordeum
See also: Hordeum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”) after the long prickly awns of the ear of grain. Cognate to Old High German gersta (“barley”), German Gerste (“barley”), English gorse. Related to Latin horreo (“to bristle”), hirsutus (“hairy”), and ericius (“urchin”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhor.de.um/, [ˈhɔrd̪eʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈor.de.um/, [ˈɔrd̪eum]
Noun
hordeum n (genitive hordeī); second declension
Usage notes
Classical writers used plural forms, but critics such as Bavius claimed that it should only be used in the singular.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hordeum | hordea |
Genitive | hordeī | hordeōrum |
Dative | hordeō | hordeīs |
Accusative | hordeum | hordea |
Ablative | hordeō | hordeīs |
Vocative | hordeum | hordea |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “hordeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hordeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hordeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.