sillybus

Latin

Alternative forms

• silybum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σίλλυβον (síllubon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.ly.bus/, [ˈs̠ɪlːʲʏbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.li.bus/, [ˈsilːibus]

Noun

sillybus m (genitive sillybī); second declension

1. A kind of thistle

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sillybus	sillybī
Genitive	sillybī	sillybōrum
Dative	sillybō	sillybīs
Accusative	sillybum	sillybōs
Ablative	sillybō	sillybīs
Vocative	sillybe	sillybī

References

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