chreston

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρηστόν (khrēstón), from χρηστός (khrēstós, “useful”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰreːs.ton/, [ˈkʰreːs̠t̪ɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkres.ton/, [ˈkrɛst̪on]

Noun

chrēston n (genitive chrēstī); second declension

1. Another name for the plant called cichorium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	chrēston	chrēsta
genitive	chrēstī	chrēstōrum
dative	chrēstō	chrēstīs
accusative	chrēston	chrēsta
ablative	chrēstō	chrēstīs
vocative	chrēston	chrēsta

Synonyms

• cichorium

References

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