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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Latin helus, from Proto-Italic *helos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰélh₃-s ~ *ǵʰl̥h₃-és, from *ǵʰelh₃- (to flourish; green, yellow) +‎ *-s. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gulaz (yellow).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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holus n (genitive holeris); third declension

  1. vegetable; greens

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative holus holera
genitive holeris holerum
dative holerī holeribus
accusative holus holera
ablative holere holeribus
vocative holus holera

Derived terms

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References

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  • holus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • holus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • holus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287