ascyron

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσκυρον (áskuron).

Pronunciation

Noun

ascyron n (genitive ascyrī); second declension

  1. A plant, St. John's wort

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative ascyron ascyra
genitive ascyrī ascyrōrum
dative ascyrō ascyrīs
accusative ascyron ascyra
ablative ascyrō ascyrīs
vocative ascyron ascyra

Synonyms

References

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