thridax

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρῐ́δᾰξ (thrídax).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰri.daks/, [ˈt̪ʰrɪd̪äks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.daks/, [ˈt̪riːd̪äks]

Noun

thridax f (genitive thridacis); third declension

1. A kind of lettuce

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	thridax	thridacēs
Genitive	thridacis	thridacum
Dative	thridacī	thridacibus
Accusative	thridacem	thridacēs
Ablative	thridace	thridacibus
Vocative	thridax	thridacēs

References

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