erithace

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐριθάκη (erithákē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈri.tʰa.keː/, [ɛˈrɪt̪ʰäkeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈri.ta.t͡ʃe/, [eˈriːt̪ät͡ʃe]

Noun

erithacē f (genitive erithacēs); first declension

1. bee bread, sandarac (bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, stored in brood cells)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	erithacē	erithacae
genitive	erithacēs	erithacārum
dative	erithacae	erithacīs
accusative	erithacēn	erithacās
ablative	erithacē	erithacīs
vocative	erithacē	erithacae

Synonyms

• (bee bread, sandarac): cērinthus, sandaraca

References

• “ĕrĭthăce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ĕrĭthăcē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 599/2.
• “erithacē” on page 617/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)