strychnos

See also: Strychnos

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρύχνον (strúkhnon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstrykʰ.nos/, [ˈs̠t̪rʏkʰnɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstrik.nos/, [ˈst̪riknos]

Noun

strychnos m (genitive strychnī); second declension

1. A kind of nightshade

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	strychnos	strychnī
genitive	strychnī	strychnōrum
dative	strychnō	strychnīs
accusative	strychnon	strychnōs
ablative	strychnō	strychnīs
vocative	strychne	strychnī

Descendants

• Translingual: Strychnos

References

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