caryota

Latin

Alternative forms
  • caryōtis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρυοῶτις (karuoôtis, “kind of date”).

Pronounciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.ryˈoː.ta/, [ka.ryˈoː.t̪a]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.riˈo.ta/, [ka.riˈɔː.t̪a]

Noun

caryōta f (genitive caryōtae); first declension

  1. kind of nut-shaped date

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caryōta caryōtae
Genitive caryōtae caryōtārum
Dative caryōtae caryōtīs
Accusative caryōtam caryōtās
Ablative caryōtā caryōtīs
Vocative caryōta caryōtae

Descendants
  • → Translingual: Caryota

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