holus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Latin helus, from Proto-Italic *helos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰélh₃-s ~ *ǵʰl̥h₃-és, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”) +‎ *-s. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gulaz (“yellow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

holus n (genitive holeris); third declension

  1. vegetable; greens

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative holus holera
genitive holeris holerum
dative holerī holeribus
accusative holus holera
ablative holere holeribus
vocative holus holera

Derived terms

References

  • “holus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “holus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • holus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287
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