holcus

See also: Holcus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁλκός (holkós), from ἕλκω (hélkō, “to draw”). Doublet of sulcus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhol.kus/, [ˈhɔɫ̪kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈol.kus/, [ˈɔlkus]

Noun

holcus f (genitive holcī); second declension

1. a sort of grain, mouse-barley (Hordeum murinum)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	holcus	holcī
genitive	holcī	holcōrum
dative	holcō	holcīs
accusative	holcum	holcōs
ablative	holcō	holcīs
vocative	holce	holcī

Descendants

• French: houlque
• Translingual: Holcus

References

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