eucharis
See also: Eucharis
English
Eucharis amazonica, the Amazon lily.
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
eucharis (plural eucharises)
- A type of plant of the genus Eucharis, found in Central and South America and with white flowers.
- 1922, Edited by James Weldon Johnson, The Book of American Negro Poetry:
- But sometimes they are gentle and soft like the dew on the lips of the eucharis Before the sun comes warm with his lover's kiss, You are sea-foam, pure with the star's loveliness, Not mortal, a flower, a fairy, too fair for the beauty-shorn earth, All wonderful things, all beautiful things, gave of their wealth to your birth: O I love you so much, not recking of passion, that I feel it is wrong, But men will love you, flower, fairy, non-mortal spirit burdened with flesh, Forever, life-long.
- 1884, John Wood, Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers:
- As a cut bloom, the Christmas Rose vies with the eucharis and pancratium.
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Further reading
eucharis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
eucharis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὔχαρις (eúkharis, “charming, gracious”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeu̯.kʰa.ris/, [ˈɛu̯kʰärɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈeu̯.ka.ris/, [ˈɛːu̯käris]
Adjective
eucharis (neuter euchare); third-declension two-termination adjective
- gracious
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | eucharis | euchare | eucharēs | eucharia | |
| Genitive | eucharis | eucharium | |||
| Dative | eucharī | eucharibus | |||
| Accusative | eucharem | euchare | eucharēs eucharīs | eucharia | |
| Ablative | eucharī | eucharibus | |||
| Vocative | eucharis | euchare | eucharēs | eucharia | |
References
- “eucharis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- eucharis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- eucharis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette