dryophonon

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρυόφονον (druóphonon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dryˈo.pʰo.non/, [d̪ryˈɔpʰɔnɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /driˈo.fo.non/, [d̪riˈɔːfonon]

Noun

dryophonon n (genitive dryophonī); second declension

1. a kind of fern

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	dryophonon	dryophona
genitive	dryophonī	dryophonōrum
dative	dryophonō	dryophonīs
accusative	dryophonon	dryophona
ablative	dryophonō	dryophonīs
vocative	dryophonon	dryophona

Related terms

• dryopteris

References

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