cichorium

See also: Cichorium

Latin

Alternative forms

cichorēum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κιχώριον (kikhṓrion).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kiˈkʰo.ri.um/, [kɪˈkʰɔriʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈko.ri.um/, [t͡ʃiˈkɔːrium]

Noun

cichorium n (genitive cichoriī or cichorī); second declension

chicory, succory
endive

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cichorium	cichoria
Genitive	cichoriī cichorī¹	cichoriōrum
Dative	cichoriō	cichoriīs
Accusative	cichorium	cichoria
Ablative	cichoriō	cichoriīs
Vocative	cichorium	cichoria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

→ Albanian: kore
Aromanian: tsicoarã
Catalan: xicoira
→ Basque: txikoria
→ Galician: chicoria
Italian: cicoria
Occitan: cicorèa
→ Old French: cicoree
- French: chicorée
  - → German: Schikoree
- Norman: chicôrée
- Walloon: cécoreye
- → Middle Dutch: sukereye
  - Dutch: suikerij
    - → English: succory
- → Middle English: cicoree
  - English: chicory
→ Polish: cykoria
Portuguese: chicória
Romanian: cicoare
→ Russian: цико́рий (cikórij)
Spanish: achicoria

References

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

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