alicastrum

Latin

Etymology

From alic(a) (“wheat”) +‎ -astrum.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.liˈkas.trum/, [älʲɪˈkäs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.liˈkas.trum/, [äliˈkäst̪rum]

Noun

alicastrum n (genitive alicastrī); second declension

early-ripening variety of emmer (“wheat”).
summer spelt.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alicastrum	alicastra
Genitive	alicastrī	alicastrōrum
Dative	alicastrō	alicastrīs
Accusative	alicastrum	alicastra
Ablative	alicastrō	alicastrīs
Vocative	alicastrum	alicastra

References

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

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