pternix

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πτέρνιξ (ptérnix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pternix f (genitive pternicis); third declension

  1. (botany) The straight stem of a plant

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pternix pternicēs
Genitive pternicis pternicum
Dative pternicī pternicibus
Accusative pternicem pternicēs
Ablative pternice pternicibus
Vocative pternix pternicēs

References[edit]

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