cachrys

Latin

Alternative forms

• cachry n

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάχρυς (kákhrus).

Noun

cachrys f (genitive cachryos); third declension

1. an appendage to the catkin of certain trees in autumn, a cone
2. the capsule of rosemary
3. the white kernel of the sea fennel plant (crēthmos in Latin)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

	singular	plural
nominative	cachrys	cachryes
genitive	cachryos	cachryum
dative	cachryī	cachryibus
accusative	cachrym	cachryas
ablative	cachry	cachryibus
vocative	cachrys cachry1	cachryes

¹In poetry.

References

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