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.

Case 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
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