amaracus
English
Etymology
From Latin , from Ancient Greek ἀμάρακος (amárakos), variant of ἀμάρακον (amárakon).
Noun
amaracus (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Marjoram.
- 1842, Tennyson, "Oenone", in The Lady of Shallot and other poems
- Then to the bower they came, / Naked they came to that smooth-swarded bower, / And at their feet the crocus brake like fire, / Violet, amaracus, and asphodel, / Lotos and lilies: and a wind arose, / And overhead the wandering ivy and vine, / This way and that, in many a wild festoon / Ran riot, garlanding the gnarled boughs / With bunch and berry and flower thro' and thro'.
- 1842, Tennyson, "Oenone", in The Lady of Shallot and other poems
Further reading
- amaracus at OneLook Dictionary Search
- amaracus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀμάρακος (amárakos); compare Sanskrit मरुव (maruva, “marjoram”).
Usage notes
- Identification with Origanum majorana is uncertain, but O. m. var tenuifolium, native to Cyprus fits Pliny's description especially well. Other species of Origanum, such as O. onites, are possible.
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | amāracus | amāracī |
Genitive | amāracī | amāracōrum |
Dative | amāracō | amāracīs |
Accusative | amāracum | amāracōs |
Ablative | amāracō | amāracīs |
Vocative | amārace | amāracī |
References
- amaracus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amaracus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amaracus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- amaracus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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