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chylus
chylus
Latin
Alternative forms
- chȳlos
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek χῡλός (khūlós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰyː.lus/, [ˈkʰyː.ɫʊs]
Noun
chȳlus m (genitive chȳlī); second declension
- The juice of a plant
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | chȳlus | chȳlī |
genitive | chȳlī | chȳlōrum |
dative | chȳlō | chȳlīs |
accusative | chȳlum | chȳlōs |
ablative | chȳlō | chȳlīs |
vocative | chȳle | chȳlī |
References
- chylus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “chylus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.