xylinum

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξύλινος (xúlinos).

Noun

xylinum n (genitive xylinī); second declension

  1. cotton

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative xylinum xylina
genitive xylinī xylinōrum
dative xylinō xylinīs
accusative xylinum xylina
ablative xylinō xylinīs
vocative xylinum xylina

References

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