dryopteris

See also: Dryopteris

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρυοπτερίς (druopterís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dryˈop.te.ris/, [d̪ryˈɔpt̪ɛrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /driˈop.te.ris/, [d̪riˈɔpt̪eris]

Noun

dryopteris f (genitive dryopteridis); third declension

1. a kind of fern, possibly a wood fern

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dryopteris	dryopteridēs
genitive	dryopteridis	dryopteridum
dative	dryopteridī	dryopteridibus
accusative	dryopteridem	dryopteridēs
ablative	dryopteride	dryopteridibus
vocative	dryopteris	dryopteridēs

Related terms

• dryophonon

Descendants

• Translingual: Dryopteris

References

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