myrice

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυρίκη (muríkē). Maybe a doublet of tamarīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /myˈriː.keː/, [mʏˈriːkeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miˈri.t͡ʃe/, [miˈriːt͡ʃe]

Noun

myrīcē f (genitive myrīcēs); first declension

1. tamarisk

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	myrīcē	myrīcae
genitive	myrīcēs	myrīcārum
dative	myrīcae	myrīcīs
accusative	myrīcēn	myrīcās
ablative	myrīcē	myrīcīs
vocative	myrīcē	myrīcae

References

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