colocynthis
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]colocynthis
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek κολοκυνθίς (kolokunthís, “wild gourd, colocynth”).
Noun
[edit]colocynthis f (genitive colocynthidis); third declension
Inflection
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | colocynthis | colocynthidēs |
| Genitive | colocynthidis | colocynthidum |
| Dative | colocynthidī | colocynthidibus |
| Accusative | colocynthidem | colocynthidēs |
| Ablative | colocynthide | colocynthidibus |
| Vocative | colocynthis | colocynthidēs |
Descendants
[edit]- Translingual: Citrullus colocynthis
References
[edit]- “colocynthis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- colocynthis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.