cichorium

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κιχόριον (kikhórion).

Pronunciation

Noun

cichorium n (genitive cichoriī or cichorī); second declension

  1. chicory, succory
  2. endive

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cichorium cichoria
Genitive cichoriī
cichorī1
cichoriōrum
Dative cichoriō cichoriīs
Accusative cichorium cichoria
Ablative cichoriō cichoriīs
Vocative cichorium cichoria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References

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