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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὄρῡζα (órūza), ὄρῡζον (órūzon); see there for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
orȳza f (genitive orȳzae); first declension
- (Late Latin) rice
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “oryza”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oryza”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oryza in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.