noun · femininethird declension
rhachis
rhachis f (genitive rhachis)
Ecclesiastical[ˈraː.kis]
Meaning
- New Latinfeminineaxis, rhachis/rachis
Flores masculi in amentis cylindricis 1/2-2 poll., distichis, sessilibus, erectis; singuli spathellâ duplici et insuper squamâ subquadratâ, apice inflexâ, horizontaliter patente, quarum tres plerumque rhachem omnem amenti occupantes basi inter se coalitae.
1830, Systema Vegetabilium, page 1317:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rhachis | rhachēs rachēs |
| genitive | rhachis | rhachium rachium |
| dative | rhachī rachī | rhachibus rachibus |
| accusative | rhachem rachem | rhachēs rhachīs, rachēs |
| ablative | rhache rache | rhachibus rachibus |
| vocative | rhachis | rhachēs rachēs |
Origins
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis).
Descendants
- Englishrhachis
- Englishrachis
- Frenchrhachis
- Frenchrachis
- Italianrachide
- Portugueseraque
In English words that came into English from rhachis
- rachisrhachis
- rachillarachilla