ascyron

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσκυρον (áskuron).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ky.ron/, [ˈäs̠kʏrɔn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃ.ʃi.ron/, [ˈäʃːiron]

Noun

ascyron n (genitive ascyrī); second declension

A plant, the St John's wort

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ascyron	ascyra
Genitive	ascyrī	ascyrōrum
Dative	ascyrō	ascyrīs
Accusative	ascyron	ascyra
Ablative	ascyrō	ascyrīs
Vocative	ascyron	ascyra

Synonyms

androsaemon

References

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

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