cichorium
See also: Cichorium
Latin
Alternative forms
- cichorēum
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κιχόριον (kikhórion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪˈkʰɔ.ri.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈkɔː.ri.um]
Noun
cichorium n (genitive cichoriī or cichorī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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
Descendants
- → Albanian: kore
- Aromanian: tsicoarã
- Catalan: xicoira
- → Basque: txikoria
- → Galician: chicoria
- Friulian: cicorie
- Italian: cicoria
- Occitan: cicorèa
- → Old French: cicoree
- → Polish: cykoria
- Portuguese: chicória
- Romanian: cicoare
- → Russian: цико́рий (cikórij)
- Sicilian: cicòria
- Spanish: achicoria
- → Translingual: Cichorium
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.