chrysocalis

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from χρυσοκαλλίας?”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰryːˈso.ka.lis/, [kʰryːˈs̠ɔkälʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kriˈso.ka.lis/, [kriˈs̬ɔːkälis]

Noun

chrȳsocalis f (genitive chrȳsocalis); third declension

1. aster (or similar plant)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	chrȳsocalis	chrȳsocalēs
Genitive	chrȳsocalis	chrȳsocalium
Dative	chrȳsocalī	chrȳsocalibus
Accusative	chrȳsocalem	chrȳsocalēs chrȳsocalīs
Ablative	chrȳsocale	chrȳsocalibus
Vocative	chrȳsocalis	chrȳsocalēs

Synonyms

• parthenium

References

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