olyra

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄλυρα (ólura), kind of a grain or spelt, probably from Pre-Greek.

Noun

olȳra f (genitive olȳrae); first declension

  1. A type of grain similar to spelt, possibly another type of hulled wheat

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative olȳra olȳrae
Genitive olȳrae olȳrārum
Dative olȳrae olȳrīs
Accusative olȳram olȳrās
Ablative olȳrā olȳrīs
Vocative olȳra olȳrae

Synonyms

References
  • olyra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • olyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
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