ascyron

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσκυρον (áskuron).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈas.ky.ron/, [ˈas.kʏ.rɔn]

Noun

ascyron n (genitive ascyrī); second declension

  1. A plant, the St John's wort

Inflection

Second declension, Greek type.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ascyron ascyra
Genitive ascyrī ascyrōrum
Dative ascyrō ascyrīs
Accusative ascyron ascyra
Ablative ascyrō ascyrīs
Vocative ascyron ascyra

Synonyms
  • androsaemon

References
  • ascyron in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ascyron in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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