carduus

See also: Carduus

Latin

Alternative forms

cardus

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kars- (“to scratch, scrape, rub, card”). See also Sanskrit कषति (kaṣati, “scratches, rubs”), Middle Low German harsch (“hairy”), Russian короста (korosta, “to itch”), Old Church Slavonic краста (krasta), Lithuanian karsiu (“to comb”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.du.us/, [ˈkar.dʊ.ʊs]

Noun

carduus m (genitive carduī); second declension

a wild thistle
the artichoke

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	carduus	carduī
genitive	carduī	carduōrum
dative	carduō	carduīs
accusative	carduum	carduōs
ablative	carduō	carduīs
vocative	cardue	carduī

Derived terms

Descendants

Catalan: card
English: cardoon, chard
French: carde, cardon, chardon
Italian: cardo, cardone
Portuguese: cardo
Spanish: cardo

References

carduus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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