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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κιχόριον (kikhórion).
Pronunciation
Noun
cichorium n (genitive cichoriī or cichorī); second declension
- chicory, succory
- endive
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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.