noun · neutersecond declension
acrocorium
acrocorium n (genitive acrocoriī or acrocorī)
Classical[a.krɔˈkɔ.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[a.kroˈkɔː.ri.um]
Meaning
- Medieval Latinneuterdill
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | acrocorium | acrocoria |
| genitive | acrocoriī acrocorī | acrocoriōrum |
| dative | acrocoriō | acrocoriīs |
| accusative | acrocorium | acrocoria |
| ablative | acrocoriō | acrocoriīs |
| vocative | acrocorium | acrocoria |
acrŏcŏrĭum, ii, n.,
I. a kind of onion, Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 95.
Origins
Erroneous reading of cyica, a type of bulbous plant, in Pliny, Naturalis historia, 19.30.95. Attested later as a ghost word in the Glossary of Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 1000), glossed as dille.