adipsos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄδιψος (ádipsos, “quenching thirst”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈdip.sos/, [äˈd̪ɪps̠ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈdip.sos/, [äˈd̪ipsos]

Noun

adipsos f (genitive adipsī); second declension

1. A kind of date palm
2. liquorice

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adipsos	adipsī
Genitive	adipsī	adipsōrum
Dative	adipsō	adipsīs
Accusative	adipson	adipsōs
Ablative	adipsō	adipsīs
Vocative	adipse	adipsī

References

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