amarantus

English

Etymology

From Latin amarantus.

Noun

amarantus

1. amaranth (rare, formal)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.maˈran.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.maˈran.tus]

Noun

amarantus m (genitive amarantī); second declension

1. amaranth

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	amarantus	amarantī
genitive	amarantī	amarantōrum
dative	amarantō	amarantīs
accusative	amarantum	amarantōs
ablative	amarantō	amarantīs
vocative	amarante	amarantī

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: amarant (learned)
• → Czech: amarant
• → Dutch: amarant
• → English: amaranth
• → Esperanto: amaranto
• → Finnish: amarantti
• → French: amarante (learned)
• → German: Amarant
• → Irish: amarantas
• → Italian: amaranto (learned)
• → Polish: amarant
• → Portuguese: amaranto
• → Romanian: amarant (learned)
• → Slovene: amarānt
• → Spanish: amaranto
  • → Tagalog: amaranto
• → Translingual: Amaranthus

Further reading

• “amarantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amarantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “amarantus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “amarantus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray