acorus

See also: Acorus

Latin

Alternative forms

• acoros
• acorum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄκορος (ákoros), ἄκορον (ákoron).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ko.rus/, [ˈäkɔrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ko.rus/, [ˈäːkorus]

Noun

acorus f (genitive acorī); second declension

1. an aromatic plant, perhaps sweet flag or calamus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	acorus	acorī
genitive	acorī	acorōrum
dative	acorō	acorīs
accusative	acorum	acorōs
ablative	acorō	acorīs
vocative	acore	acorī

Descendants

• Translingual: Acorus

References

• “acorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acorus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• acorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.