coris
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See also: Coris
French
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Coris.
Pronunciation
Noun
coris m (plural coris)
- (botany, ichthyology) coris (Coris)
- Hypernym: primulacées
- Hyponym: coris de Montpellier
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορίς (korís).
Noun
coris f (genitive coris or coridos); third declension
- hypericon (plant or its seed)
Declension
Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type, i-stem or Greek-type, normal variant, imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | coris | corēs corides |
| Genitive | coris coridos |
corium coridum |
| Dative | corī coridī |
coribus coridibus |
| Accusative | corem corida |
corēs corīs coridas |
| Ablative | core coride |
coribus coridibus |
| Vocative | coris cori1 |
corēs corides |
1In poetry.
Descendants
- Translingual: Coris
Etymology 2
Noun
corīs
References
- “coris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press