androsaces

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόσακες (andrósakes).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.sa.kes/, [än̪ˈd̪rɔs̠äkɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.sa.t͡ʃes/, [än̪ˈd̪rɔːs̬ät͡ʃes]

Noun

androsaces n (genitive androsacis); third declension

1. an unknown kind of plant

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	androsaces	androsaca
genitive	androsacis	androsacum
dative	androsacī	androsacibus
accusative	androsaces	androsaca
ablative	androsace	androsacibus
vocative	androsaces	androsaca

References

• “androsaces”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press