scirpus
See also: Scirpus
Latin
Alternative forms
- sirpus (rare)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ- (“to turn (around), wind”), cognate with corbis (basket), Ancient Greek κάρφος (kárphos), Old Church Slavonic крабии (krabii): Russian коробка (korobka, “box”), Czech krabice.
The figurative sense derives from the plaiting of rushes to make intricate patterns.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskir.pus/, [ˈs̠kɪrpʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃir.pus/, [ˈʃirpus]
Noun
scirpus m (genitive scirpī); second declension
- a rush, bulrush
- (figuratively) riddle, enigma
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | scirpus | scirpī |
Genitive | scirpī | scirpōrum |
Dative | scirpō | scirpīs |
Accusative | scirpum | scirpōs |
Ablative | scirpō | scirpīs |
Vocative | scirpe | scirpī |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “scirpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scirpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scirpus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- scirpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.