dryopteris

See also: Dryopteris

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρυοπτερίς (druopterís).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /dryˈop.te.ris/, [d̪ryˈɔpt̪ɛrɪs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /driˈop.te.ris/, [d̪riˈɔpt̪eris]

Noun

dryopteris f (genitive dryopteridis); third declension

a kind of fern, possibly a wood fern

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dryopteris	dryopteridēs
Genitive	dryopteridis	dryopteridum
Dative	dryopteridī	dryopteridibus
Accusative	dryopteridem	dryopteridēs
Ablative	dryopteride	dryopteridibus
Vocative	dryopteris	dryopteridēs

Related terms

dryophonon

Descendants

Translingual: Dryopteris

References

“dryopteris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
dryopteris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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