Translingual

Cucumis sativus

Proper noun

Cucumis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – the cucumbers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Cucurbitales - order; Cucurbitaceae - family; Cucurbitoideae - subfamily; Melothrieae - tribe; Cucumerinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cucumis subg. Cucumis, Cucuminis subg. Humifructus - subgenera
  • Cucumis sativus - type species

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ku.mis/

Noun

cucumis m ‎(genitive cucumeris); third declension

1. cucumber

Declension

The declension of this noun is varied. When declined like a parisyllabic i-stem, the accusative singular may be cucumem and the ablative singular may be cucumī.

Derived terms

• cucumerāceus
• cucumerārium
• cucumeriformis, cucumiformis

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of cucuma ‎(“kettle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ku.miːs/

Noun

cucumīs

1. dative plural of cucuma
2. ablative plural of cucuma

References

• cucumis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cucumis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cucumis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.