crethmos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρῆθμον (krêthmon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkreːtʰ.mos/, [ˈkreːt̪ʰmɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkret.mos/, [ˈkrɛt̪mos]

Noun

crēthmos f (genitive crēthmī); second declension

1. sea fennel

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	crēthmos	crēthmī
genitive	crēthmī	crēthmōrum
dative	crēthmō	crēthmīs
accusative	crēthmon	crēthmōs
ablative	crēthmō	crēthmīs
vocative	crēthme	crēthmī

Descendants

• Translingual: Crithmum

References

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