cachrys

Latin

Alternative forms

• cachry n

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάχρυς (kákhrus).

Noun

cachrys f (genitive cachryos); third declension

1. an appendage to the catkin of certain trees in autumn, a cone
2. the capsule of rosemary
3. the white kernel of the sea fennel plant (crēthmos in Latin)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cachrys	cachryes
Genitive	cachryos	cachryum
Dative	cachryī	cachryibus
Accusative	cachrym	cachryas
Ablative	cachry	cachryibus
Vocative	cachrys cachry1	cachryes

¹In poetry.

References

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