styrax
See also: Styrax
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name.
Noun edit
styrax (plural styraxes)
- Any member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees, mostly native to temperate or tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Synonym: storax
Hyponyms edit
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin styrax, from Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
styrax m (uncountable)
- storax (sweetgum resin)
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsty.raks/, [ˈs̠t̪ʏräks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsti.raks/, [ˈst̪iːräks]
Noun edit
styrax m (genitive styracis); third declension
- storax (the tree Styrax officinalis and the balsam from it)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | styrax | styracēs |
Genitive | styracis | styracum |
Dative | styracī | styracibus |
Accusative | styracem | styracēs |
Ablative | styrace | styracibus |
Vocative | styrax | styracēs |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “styrax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- styrax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.