neuroides

See also: neuroïdes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νευροειδές (neuroeidés).

Pronunciation

Noun

neuroīdes n (genitive neuroīdis); third declension

  1. a kind of wild beet
    Synonyms: lēmōnium, līmōnium
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

Usage notes

Only attested by a mention in Pliny. Manuscripts give readings such as "neuroidem", "ineuloidem",[1] which some editions treat as a corruption of original "neuroides".[2]

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative neuroīdes neuroīda
genitive neuroīdis neuroīdum
dative neuroīdī neuroīdibus
accusative neuroīdes neuroīda
ablative neuroīde neuroīdibus
vocative neuroīdes neuroīda

References

  1. ^ Detlefsen, D. (1868), C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis historia, page 219
  2. ^ Urlichs, Carolus Ludovicus (1853), Vindiciae Plinianae, page 94

Further reading

  • “neurŏīdes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “neurŏīdĕs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,027/2.

Spanish

Adjective

neuroides m pl or f pl

  1. plural of neuroide
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