styrax

See also: Styrax

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

styrax (plural styraxes)

  1. Any member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees, mostly native to temperate or tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
    Synonym: storax

Hyponyms

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)

  1. storax (sweetgum resin)

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).

Pronunciation

Noun

styrax m (genitive styracis); third declension

  1. storax (the tree Styrax officinalis and the balsam from it)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case 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
  • Italian: storace
  • Old English: stōr
  • Portuguese: estoraque
  • Translingual: Styrax

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.
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