"styrax" meaning in Latin

See styrax in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈsty.raks] [Classical-Latin], [ˈstiː.raks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|στύραξ}} Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax) Head templates: {{la-noun|styrax<3>|g=m}} styrax m (genitive styracis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|styrax<3>}} Forms: styracis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], styrax [nominative, singular], styracēs [nominative, plural], styracis [genitive, singular], styracum [genitive, plural], styracī [dative, singular], styracibus [dative, plural], styracem [accusative, singular], styracēs [accusative, plural], styrace [ablative, singular], styracibus [ablative, plural], styrax [singular, vocative], styracēs [plural, vocative], storax [alternative]
  1. storax (the tree Styrax officinalis and the balsam from it) Tags: declension-3, masculine Derived forms: styracinus, styracosaurus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "estorac"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "storace"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Old English",
      "lang_code": "ang",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "stōr"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "estoraque"
    },
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      "lang_code": "mul",
      "word": "Styrax"
    }
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styracī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "storax",
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    }
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          "name": "Ericales order plants",
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    }
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      "lang_code": "ca",
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        "borrowed"
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        "table-tags"
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    },
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        "plural"
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      "form": "styracī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "styracibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "styrax",
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      ]
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      "form": "styracēs",
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        "vocative"
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    },
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      "form": "storax",
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      ]
    }
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        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms spelled with Y",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      ],
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          "Styrax officinalis",
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      "ipa": "[ˈstiː.raks]",
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    }
  ],
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}

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