Latin edit

Etymology edit

From alic(a) (wheat) +‎ -astrum.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

alicastrum n (genitive alicastrī); second declension

  1. early-ripening variety of emmer (wheat).
  2. summer spelt.

Declension edit

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 edit

  • 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.