cynosbatos

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυνόσβατος (kunósbatos).

Noun

cynosbatos f (genitive cynosbatī); second declension

1. The dog rose (Rosa canina) or other wild briar.
2. The blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum).
3. The caper bush (Capparis spinosa).

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	cynosbatos	cynosbatī
genitive	cynosbatī	cynosbatōrum
dative	cynosbatō	cynosbatīs
accusative	cynosbaton	cynosbatōs
ablative	cynosbatō	cynosbatīs
vocative	cynosbate	cynosbatī

Synonyms

• (black currant): cynapanxis, neurospastos, cynospastos

References

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