cichorium

See also: Cichorium

Latin

Alternative forms

cichorēum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κιχώριον (kikhṓrion).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cichorium n (genitive cichoriī); second declension

chicory, succory
endive

Inflection

Second declension.

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
Dutch: suikerij
English: chicory, succory
French: chicorée
German: Schikoree

Italian: cicoria
Occitan: cicorèa
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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