alsine

See also: Alsine

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλσίνη (alsínē).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.si.neː/, [ˈäɫ̪s̠ɪneː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.si.ne/, [ˈälsine]

Noun

alsinē f (genitive alsinēs); first declension

A plant, perhaps the chickweed

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alsinē	alsinae
Genitive	alsinēs	alsinārum
Dative	alsinae	alsinīs
Accusative	alsinēn	alsinās
Ablative	alsinē	alsinīs
Vocative	alsinē	alsinae

References

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

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