strychnos
See also: Strychnos
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στρύχνον (strúkhnon).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈstrykʰ.nɔs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈst̪rik.nos]
Noun
strychnos m (genitive strychnī); second declension
- A kind of nightshade
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | strychnos | strychnī strychnoe |
| genitive | strychnī | strychnōrum |
| dative | strychnō | strychnīs |
| accusative | strychnon | strychnōs |
| ablative | strychnō | strychnīs |
| vocative | strychne | strychnī strychnoe |
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.