chamaepitys

See also: Chamaepitys

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin chamaepitys, itself from Ancient Greek χαμαίπιτυς (khamaípitus).

Adjective

chamaepitys

1. Used in taxonomic names for organisms

Derived terms

• Ajuga chamaepitys
• Bugula chamaepitys
• Bulga chamaepitys

 

Related terms

• chamaepithyoides
• Chamaepitys

 

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χαμαίπιτυς (khamaípitus).

Noun

chamaepitys f (genitive chamaepityos); third declension

1. yellow bugle (Ajuga chamaepitys)

   Synonyms: abiga, corissum

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	chamaepitys	chamaepityēs
Genitive	chamaepityos	chamaepityum
Dative	chamaepityī	chamaepityibus
Accusative	chamaepityn	chamaepityēs
Ablative	chamaepitye	chamaepityibus
Vocative	chamaepity	chamaepityēs

Descendants

• Translingual: chamaepitys, Chamaepitys

Further reading

• Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia. 24, 29
• “chamaepitys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• chamaepitys in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.