holcus

See also: Holcus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁλκός (holkós), from ἕλκω (hélkō, “to draw”). Doublet of sulcus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhol.kus/, [ˈhɔɫ̪kʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈol.kus/, [ˈɔlkus]

Noun

holcus f (genitive holcī); second declension

a sort of grain, mouse-barley (Hordeum murinum)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	holcus	holcī
Genitive	holcī	holcōrum
Dative	holcō	holcīs
Accusative	holcum	holcōs
Ablative	holcō	holcīs
Vocative	holce	holcī

Descendants

French: houlque
Translingual: Holcus

References

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

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