pithecium

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πιθήκιον (pithḗkion).

Pronunciation

Noun

pithēcium n (genitive pithēciī or pithēcī); second declension

  1. a little ape
  2. a kind of flower, possibly monkey-flower (Mimulus) or snapdragon (Antirrhinum)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative pithēcium pithēcia
genitive pithēciī
pithēcī1 		pithēciōrum
dative pithēciō pithēciīs
accusative pithēcium pithēcia
ablative pithēciō pithēciīs
vocative pithēcium pithēcia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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