colocynthis

English

Noun

colocynthis

Obsolete form of colocynth.

Latin

Alternative forms

colocyntis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κολοκυνθίς (kolokunthís, “wild gourd, colocynth”).

Noun

colocynthis f (genitive colocynthidis); third declension

colocynth

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	colocynthis	colocynthidēs
Genitive	colocynthidis	colocynthidum
Dative	colocynthidī	colocynthidibus
Accusative	colocynthidem	colocynthidēs
Ablative	colocynthide	colocynthidibus
Vocative	colocynthis	colocynthidēs

Descendants

Translingual: Citrullus colocynthis

References

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

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