atriplex

See also: Atriplex

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀτράφαξυς (atráphaxus).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.tri.pleks/, [ˈäːt̪rɪpɫ̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tri.pleks/, [ˈäːt̪ripleks]

Noun

ātriplex n or m (genitive ātriplicis); third declension

1. orach

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem or non-neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ātriplex	ātriplica ātriplicēs
Genitive	ātriplicis	ātriplicum
Dative	ātriplicī	ātriplicibus
Accusative	ātriplex ātriplicem	ātriplica ātriplicēs
Ablative	ātriplice	ātriplicibus
Vocative	ātriplex	ātriplica ātriplicēs

Descendants

• Old French: arace, arepe
  • French: arroche
  • → Middle English: arage
    • English: orach
• → Translingual: Atriplex

References

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