andrachne

See also: Andrachne

English

Andrachne phyllanthoides

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

andrachne (plural andrachnes)

1. Any of the genus Andrachne of flowering plants.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνδράχνη (andrákhnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈdrakʰ.neː/, [än̪ˈd̪räkʰneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈdrak.ne/, [än̪ˈd̪räkne]

Noun

andrachnē f (genitive andrachnēs); first declension

1. purslane

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	andrachnē	andrachnae
genitive	andrachnēs	andrachnārum
dative	andrachnae	andrachnīs
accusative	andrachnēn	andrachnās
ablative	andrachnē	andrachnīs
vocative	andrachnē	andrachnae

References

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