acorus

See also: Acorus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄκορος (ákoros), ἄκορον (ákoron).

Pronunciation

Noun

acorus f (genitive acorī); second declension

  1. an aromatic plant, perhaps sweet flag or calamus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative acorus acorī
genitive acorī acorōrum
dative acorō acorīs
accusative acorum acorōs
ablative acorō acorīs
vocative acore acorī

Descendants

  • Translingual: Acorus

References

  • acorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "acorus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • acorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.