alsine

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλσίνη (alsínē).

Pronunciation

Noun

alsinē f (genitive alsinēs); first declension

  1. A plant, perhaps the chickweed

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative alsinē alsinae
genitive alsinēs alsinārum
dative alsinae alsinīs
accusative alsinēn alsinās
ablative alsinē alsinīs
vocative alsinē alsinae

References

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