colocynthis
English
Noun
colocynthis
- Obsolete form of colocynth.
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κολοκυνθίς (kolokunthís, “wild gourd, colocynth”).
Noun
colocynthis f (genitive colocynthidis); third declension
Inflection
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | colocynthis | colocynthidēs |
| genitive | colocynthidis | colocynthidum |
| dative | colocynthidī | colocynthidibus |
| accusative | colocynthidem | colocynthidēs |
| ablative | colocynthide | colocynthidibus |
| vocative | colocynthis | colocynthidēs |
Descendants
- Translingual: Citrullus colocynthis
References
- “colocynthis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- colocynthis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.