strychnos

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρύχνον (strúkhnon).

Pronunciation

Noun

strychnos m (genitive strychnī); second declension

  1. A kind of nightshade

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative strychnos strychnī
Genitive strychnī strychnōrum
Dative strychnō strychnīs
Accusative strychnon strychnōs
Ablative strychnō strychnīs
Vocative strychne strychnī

Descendants

  • Translingual: Strychnos

References

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