schoenus
See also: Schoenus
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin [Term?]
Noun edit
schoenus (plural schoeni)
- (historical) An ancient unit of length and area based on the knotted cords first used in Egyptian surveying.
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχοῖνος (skhoînos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskʰoe̯.nus/, [ˈs̠kʰoe̯nʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈske.nus/, [ˈskɛːnus]
Noun edit
schoenus m (genitive schoenī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | schoenus | schoenī |
Genitive | schoenī | schoenōrum |
Dative | schoenō | schoenīs |
Accusative | schoenum | schoenōs |
Ablative | schoenō | schoenīs |
Vocative | schoene | schoenī |
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Schoenus
References edit
- “schoenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- schoenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.