alopecuros

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλωπέκουρος (alōpékouros).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.loː.peˈkuː.ros/, [äɫ̪oːpɛˈkuːrɔs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.lo.peˈku.ros/, [älopeˈkuːros]

Noun

alōpecūros m (genitive alōpecūrī); second declension

  1. cogon (Imperata cylindrica)

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alōpecūros alōpecūrī
Genitive alōpecūrī alōpecūrōrum
Dative alōpecūrō alōpecūrīs
Accusative alōpecūron alōpecūrōs
Ablative alōpecūrō alōpecūrīs
Vocative alōpecūre alōpecūrī

Descendants
  • → Translingual: Alopecurus

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