styrax
See also: Styrax
English
Etymology
Borrowed from the taxonomic name Styrax. Doublet of storax.
Noun
styrax (countable and uncountable, plural styraxes)
Translations
any member of the genus Styrax — see storax
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin styrax, from Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstiː.rɑks/
- Hyphenation: sty‧rax
Noun
styrax m (uncountable)
- storax (sweetgum resin)
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsty.raks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈst̪iː.raks]
Noun
styrax m (genitive styracis); third declension
- storax (the tree Styrax officinalis and the balsam from it)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | styrax | styracēs |
| genitive | styracis | styracum |
| dative | styracī | styracibus |
| accusative | styracem | styracēs |
| ablative | styrace | styracibus |
| vocative | styrax | styracēs |
Derived terms
- styracinus
- styracosaurus
Descendants
References
- “styrax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- styrax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.