Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Scirpus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – certain bulrushes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Cyperaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Scirpus maritimis (seaside bulrush); Scirpus pungens (common threesquare); Scirpus robustus (saltmarsh rush); Scirpus validus (soft stem bulrush) - selected species

Latin

Alternative forms

• sirpus (rare)

Noun

scirpus m ‎(genitive scirpī); second declension

1. a rush, bulrush
2. (figuratively) riddle, enigma

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

• French: scirpe
• Italian: scirpo
• Translingual: Scirpus

References

• scirpus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scirpus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SCIRPUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “scirpus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.