alopecuros

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλωπέκουρος (alōpékouros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.loː.peˈkuː.ros/, [äɫ̪oːpɛˈkuːrɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.lo.peˈku.ros/, [älopeˈkuːros]

Noun

alōpecūros m (genitive alōpecūrī); second declension

1. cogon (Imperata cylindrica)

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	alōpecūros	alōpecūrī alōpecūroe
genitive	alōpecūrī	alōpecūrōrum
dative	alōpecūrō	alōpecūrīs
accusative	alōpecūron	alōpecūrōs
ablative	alōpecūrō	alōpecūrīs
vocative	alōpecūre	alōpecūrī alōpecūroe

Descendants

• → Translingual: Alopecurus

Further reading

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