alicastrum

Latin

Etymology

From alic(a) (wheat) +‎ -astrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

alicastrum n (genitive alicastrī); second declension

  1. early-ripening variety of emmer (wheat).
  2. summer spelt.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative alicastrum alicastra
genitive alicastrī alicastrōrum
dative alicastrō alicastrīs
accusative alicastrum alicastra
ablative alicastrō alicastrīs
vocative alicastrum alicastra

References

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