holcus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁλκός (holkós), from ἕλκω (hélkō, “to draw”). Doublet of sulcus.

Pronunciation

Noun

holcus f (genitive holcī); second declension

  1. a sort of grain, mouse-barley (Hordeum murinum)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative holcus holcī
Genitive holcī holcōrum
Dative holcō holcīs
Accusative holcum holcōs
Ablative holcō holcīs
Vocative holce holcī

Descendants

  • French: houlque
  • Translingual: Holcus

References

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