catorchites

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Latin

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Etymology

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From the Ancient Greek κᾰτορχῑ́της (katorkhī́tēs).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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catorchītēs m (genitive catorchītae); first declension

  1. (attributive, "of figs", catorchītēs (vīnum)) fig-wine
    • c. 77-79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Book XIV, §102:
      Sīc fit et sȳcītēs ē fīcō, quem aliī palmiprīmum, aliī catorchītēn vocant.
      So also is sycites, which some call "palmiprimus", others, "catorchites", produced from the fig.

Usage notes

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The Naturalis Historia passage from which the main citation of this word comes contains a different word, trochin, in another version of the text, as seen here: Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 14.102.

Declension

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First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • French: catorchite

References

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