hordeum

See also: Hordeum

Latin

Alternative forms

ordeum

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”) after the long prickly awns of the ear of grain. Cognate to Old High German gersta (“barley”), German Gerste (“barley”), English gorse. Related to Latin horreo (“to bristle”), hirsutus (“hairy”), and ericius (“urchin”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhor.de.um/

Noun

hordeum n (genitive hordeī); second declension

barley

Usage notes

Classical writers used plural forms, but critics such as Bavius claimed that it should only be used in the singular.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hordeum	hordea
genitive	hordeī	hordeōrum
dative	hordeō	hordeīs
accusative	hordeum	hordea
ablative	hordeō	hordeīs
vocative	hordeum	hordea

Derived terms

hordeāceus
hordeārius
hordeolus

Descendants

Aromanian: ordzu
Catalan: ordi
Dalmatian: vuarz
Dutch: orgeade
English: orgeat
French: orge, orgeat
Friulian: vuardi

Italian: orzo, orzata
Occitan: òrdi, ordiat
Old Portuguese: orjo
- Galician: orxo
Romanian: orz
Romansch: ierdi, üerdi
Sardinian: ogliu, olzu, orgiu, orju, orzu
Spanish: hordio
Translingual: Hordeum

References

hordeum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
hordeum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
hordeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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