alsine

See also: Alsine

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλσίνη (alsínē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.si.neː/, [ˈäɫ̪s̠ɪneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.si.ne/, [ˈälsine]

Noun

alsinē f (genitive alsinēs); first declension

1. A plant, perhaps the chickweed

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	alsinē	alsinae
genitive	alsinēs	alsinārum
dative	alsinae	alsinīs
accusative	alsinēn	alsinās
ablative	alsinē	alsinīs
vocative	alsinē	alsinae

References

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