osyris

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄσυρις (ósuris).

Pronunciation

Noun

osyris f (genitive osyris); third declension

  1. A plant, maybe the goosefoot

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative osyris osyrēs
genitive osyris osyrium
dative osyrī osyribus
accusative osyrem osyrēs
osyrīs
ablative osyre osyribus
vocative osyris osyrēs

References

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