olyra
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὄλυρα (ólura), kind of a grain or spelt, probably from Pre-Greek.
Noun
olȳra f (genitive olȳrae); first declension
- A type of grain similar to spelt, possibly another type of hulled wheat
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | olȳra | olȳrae |
| Genitive | olȳrae | olȳrārum |
| Dative | olȳrae | olȳrīs |
| Accusative | olȳram | olȳrās |
| Ablative | olȳrā | olȳrīs |
| Vocative | olȳra | olȳrae |
Synonyms
- arinca
References
- olyra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- olyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill