chreston

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρηστόν (khrēstón), from χρηστός (khrēstós, “useful”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰreːs.ton/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkres.ton/,

Noun

chrēston n (genitive chrēstī); second declension

Another name for the plant called cichorium

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	chrēston	chrēsta
genitive	chrēstī	chrēstōrum
dative	chrēstō	chrēstīs
accusative	chrēston	chrēsta
ablative	chrēstō	chrēstīs
vocative	chrēston	chrēsta

Synonyms

cichorium

References

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

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