chrysocarpus

See also: chrysocarpous

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin chrȳsocarpos, from Ancient Greek χρῡσόκᾰρπος (khrūsókarpos).

Adjective

chrysocarpus m (feminine chrysocarpa, neuter chrysocarpum)

1. bearing golden berries; used as a specific epithet

Derived terms

• Archidendron chrysocarpum
• Cacicus chrysocarpus
• Chaerophyllum sect. Chrysocarpum
• Clematis ser. Chrysocarpae
• Cratageus chrysocarpa
• Diospyros chrysocarpa
• Duguetia chrysocarpa
• Fissurina chrysocarpa
• Graphis chrysocarpa
• Hedera chrysocarpa (now Hedera helix subsp. poetarum)
• Juncus chrysocarpus
• Luma chrysocarpa
• Mallotus chrysocarpus
• Myrceugenia chrysocarpa
• Opegrapha chrysocarpa
• Pyrausta chrysocarpa
• Rhachidosorus chrysocarpus
• Rollinia chrysocarpa
• Rubus chrysocarpus
• Rumex chrysocarpus
• Senna chrysocarpa
• Styrax chrysocarpus
• Vitex chrysocarpa
• Xanthornus chrysocarpus

 

Latin

Alternative forms

• chrȳsocarpos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρῡσόκᾰρπος (khrūsókarpos, “with golden fruit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰryː.soˈkar.pus/, [kʰryːs̠ɔˈkärpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kri.soˈkar.pus/, [kris̬oˈkärpus]

Adjective

chrȳsocarpus (feminine chrȳsocarpa, neuter chrȳsocarpum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin, botanical taxonomy) bearing golden berries

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	chrȳsocarpus	chrȳsocarpa	chrȳsocarpum		chrȳsocarpī	chrȳsocarpae	chrȳsocarpa
genitive	chrȳsocarpī	chrȳsocarpae	chrȳsocarpī		chrȳsocarpōrum	chrȳsocarpārum	chrȳsocarpōrum
dative	chrȳsocarpō	chrȳsocarpae	chrȳsocarpō		chrȳsocarpīs
accusative	chrȳsocarpum	chrȳsocarpam	chrȳsocarpum		chrȳsocarpōs	chrȳsocarpās	chrȳsocarpa
ablative	chrȳsocarpō	chrȳsocarpā	chrȳsocarpō		chrȳsocarpīs
vocative	chrȳsocarpe	chrȳsocarpa	chrȳsocarpum		chrȳsocarpī	chrȳsocarpae	chrȳsocarpa

Descendants

• Translingual: Allographa chrysocarpa, Brachychiton chrysocarpus, Clematis chrysocarpa, Gerronema chrysocarpum, Rumex chrysocarpus, Vitex chrysocarpa

Noun

chrȳsocarpus f (genitive chrȳsocarpī); second declension

1. a kind of ivy which bears golden berries

Usage notes

• Probably Hedera helix f. poetarum, formerly Hedera chrysocarpa, native to the Mediterranan.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	chrȳsocarpus	chrȳsocarpī
genitive	chrȳsocarpī	chrȳsocarpōrum
dative	chrȳsocarpō	chrȳsocarpīs
accusative	chrȳsocarpum	chrȳsocarpōs
ablative	chrȳsocarpō	chrȳsocarpīs
vocative	chrȳsocarpe	chrȳsocarpī

Synonyms

• (a kind of ivy which bears golden berries): chrȳsocanthos

Descendants

• Translingual: chrysocarpoides

Related terms

• For related terms, see chrȳsos.

References

• “chrȳsŏcarpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• chrȳsŏcarpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “chrȳsocarpus” on page 312/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)