amarantus
English
Etymology
Noun
amarantus
- amaranth (rare, formal)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.maˈran.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.maˈran̪.t̪us]
Noun
amarantus m (genitive amarantī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amarantus | amarantī |
| genitive | amarantī | amarantōrum |
| dative | amarantō | amarantīs |
| accusative | amarantum | amarantōs |
| ablative | amarantō | amarantīs |
| vocative | amarante | amarantī |
Descendants
Descendants
- → Catalan: amarant (learned)
- → Czech: amarant
- → Dutch: amarant
- → English: amaranth
- → Esperanto: amaranto
- → Finnish: amarantti
- → French: amarante (learned)
- → German: Amarant
- → Irish: amarantas
- → Italian: amaranto (learned)
- → Polish: amarant
- → Portuguese: amaranto
- → Romanian: amarant (learned)
- → Slovene: amarānt
- → Spanish: amaranto
- → Tagalog: amaranto
- → Translingual: Amaranthus
Further reading
- “amarantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “amarantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amarantus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “amarantus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray