rumex

See also: Rumex

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

rumex (plural rumexes)

  1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Rumex; a dock or sorrel.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin Rumex.

Noun

rumex m (plural rumex)

  1. sorrel (plant of the genus Rumex)

Synonyms

Further reading

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Latin

Etymology

Origin uncertain, but the suffix -ik and ek is found in other plant names such as larix and carex. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *súHros (“sour, salty, bitter”).[1].

Noun

rumex m (genitive rumicis); third declension

  1. sorrel

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rumex rumicēs
Genitive rumicis rumicum
Dative rumicī rumicibus
Accusative rumicem rumicēs
Ablative rumice rumicibus
Vocative rumex rumicēs

Descendants

References
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “rumex”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 450
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