What does cactus mean in Latin?

cactus, a noun, means “cardoon (Cynara cardunculus)”.

What is the genitive of cactus?

The genitive singular is cactī. cactus is masculine, second declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈkak.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkak.tus].

noun · masculinesecond declension

cactus m (genitive cactī)

Classical[ˈkak.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkak.tus]

cactus, i, m., = κάκτος,

I. a prickly plant with edible stalks, etc., found in Sicily, Spanish artichoke: Cynara cardunculus, Linn.; Plin. 21, 16, 57, § 97.—

II. Trop., any thing thorny, unpleasant: eradicato omni cacto et rubo subdolae familiaritatis, Tert. Pall. 2 fin.

Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos)bor. Latin cactus Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”).

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