styrax

See also: Styrax

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

styrax (plural styraxes)

1. Any member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees, mostly native to temperate or tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

   Synonym: storax

Hyponyms

• benzoin

Dutch

Alternative forms

• storax

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin styrax, from Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstiː.rɑks/
• Hyphenation: sty‧rax

Noun

styrax m (uncountable)

1. storax (sweetgum resin)

Latin

Alternative forms

• storax

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsty.raks/, [ˈs̠t̪ʏräks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.raks/, [ˈst̪iːräks]

Noun

styrax m (genitive styracis); third declension

1. storax (the tree Styrax officinalis and the balsam from it)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	styrax	styracēs
Genitive	styracis	styracum
Dative	styracī	styracibus
Accusative	styracem	styracēs
Ablative	styrace	styracibus
Vocative	styrax	styracēs

Derived terms

• styracinus
• styracosaurus

Descendants

• Italian: storace
• Old English: stōr
• Portuguese: estoraque
• Translingual: Styrax

References

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