sillybus
Latin
Alternative forms
- silybum
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σίλλυβον (síllubon).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɪl.ly.bʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsil.li.bus]
Noun
sillybus m (genitive sillybī); second declension
- A kind of thistle
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sillybus | sillybī |
| genitive | sillybī | sillybōrum |
| dative | sillybō | sillybīs |
| accusative | sillybum | sillybōs |
| ablative | sillybō | sillybīs |
| vocative | sillybe | sillybī |
References
- “sillybus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sillybus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.