alicastrum

Latin

Etymology

From alic(a) (“wheat”) +‎ -astrum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.liˈkas.trum/, [älʲɪˈkäs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.liˈkas.trum/, [äliˈkäst̪rum]

Noun

alicastrum n (genitive alicastrī); second declension

1. early-ripening variety of emmer (“wheat”).
2. summer spelt.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	alicastrum	alicastra
genitive	alicastrī	alicastrōrum
dative	alicastrō	alicastrīs
accusative	alicastrum	alicastra
ablative	alicastrō	alicastrīs
vocative	alicastrum	alicastra

References

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