sillybus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • silybum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σίλλυβον (síllubon).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsil.ly.bus/, [ˈs̠ɪlːʲʏbʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsil.li.bus/, [ˈsilːibus]

Noun

sillybus m (genitive sillybī); second declension

  1. A kind of thistle

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sillybus sillybī
Genitive sillybī sillybōrum
Dative sillybō sillybīs
Accusative sillybum sillybōs
Ablative sillybō sillybīs
Vocative sillybe sillybī

References
  • “sillybus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sillybus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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