What does carphos mean in Latin?

carphos, a noun, means “fenugreek”.

How do you pronounce carphos?

In classical Latin, [ˈkar.pʰɔs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkar.fos].

noun · neuter

carphos n

Classical[ˈkar.pʰɔs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkar.fos]

neuterfenugreek
Nec faeno Graeco minor auctoritas, quod telin vocant, alii carphos, aliqui buceras, alii aegoceras, quoniam corniculis semen est simile, nos siliciam. 1855 translation by John Bostock77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 24.184

carphŏs, n., = κάρφος,

I. a plant; in pure Lat. faenum Graecum, goat's-thorn, fenugreek, Plin. 24, 19, 120, § 184.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάρφος (kárphos, “small dry stalk, dry twig”).