erithace

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛˈriː.tʰa.kɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈriː.ta.t͡ʃe]

Noun

erīthace

1. vocative singular of erīthacus

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐρῑθᾰ́κη (erīthắkē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛˈriː.tʰa.keː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈriː.ta.t͡ʃe]
• Dictionaries traditionally mark the ⟨i⟩ as short with no clear justification, as the term is only attested in prose.

Noun

erīthacē f (genitive erīthacēs); first declension

1. beebread; sandarac (bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, stored in brood cells)

   Synonyms: cērinthus, sandaraca

Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē).

	singular	plural
nominative	erīthacē	erīthacae
genitive	erīthacēs	erīthacārum
dative	erīthacae	erīthacīs
accusative	erīthacēn	erīthacās
ablative	erīthacē	erīthacīs
vocative	erīthacē	erīthacae

References

• “ĕrĭthăce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ĕrĭthăcē”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 599/2.
• “erithacē” on page 617/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)