arachis

See also: Arachis

Latin

Etymology

From the taxonomic name Arachis, coined by Linnaeus as an alteration of Ancient Greek ἄραχος (árakhos), an alternative form of ἄρακος (árakos, “chickling vetch”), and subsequently given a Greek-type inflection.

Pronunciation

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.ra.kis]

Noun

arachis f (genitive arachidis); third declension

1. (New Latin) peanut

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	arachis	arachidēs
genitive	arachidis	arachidum
dative	arachidī	arachidibus
accusative	arachidem	arachidēs
ablative	arachide	arachidibus
vocative	arachis	arachidēs