holus

holus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Old Latin helus, from Proto-Italic *helos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰélh₃-s ~ *ǵʰl̥h₃-és, from *ǵʰelh₃- (green, yellow) +‎ *-s. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gulaz (yellow).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    holus n (genitive holeris); third declension

    1. vegetable; greens

    Declension

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

    singular plural
    nominative holus holera
    genitive holeris holerum
    dative holerī holeribus
    accusative holus holera
    ablative holere holeribus
    vocative holus holera

    Derived terms

    References

    • holus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • holus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • holus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287