osyris

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄσυρις (ósuris).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.sy.ris/, [ˈɔs̠ʏrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.si.ris/, [ˈɔːs̬iris]

Noun

osyris f (genitive osyris); third declension

1. A plant, maybe the goosefoot

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	osyris	osyrēs
genitive	osyris	osyrium
dative	osyrī	osyribus
accusative	osyrem	osyrēs osyrīs
ablative	osyre	osyribus
vocative	osyris	osyrēs

References

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