cerinthus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κήρινθος (kḗrinthos).

Noun

cērinthus m (genitive cērinthī); second declension

  1. beebread

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cērinthus cērinthī
Genitive cērinthī cērinthōrum
Dative cērinthō cērinthīs
Accusative cērinthum cērinthōs
Ablative cērinthō cērinthīs
Vocative cērinthe cērinthī

Synonyms

References

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