sillybus

Latin

Alternative forms

silybum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σίλλυβον (síllubon).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.ly.bus/, [ˈs̠ɪlːʲʏbʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.li.bus/, [ˈsilːibus]

Noun

sillybus m (genitive sillybī); second declension

A kind of thistle

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sillybus	sillybī
Genitive	sillybī	sillybōrum
Dative	sillybō	sillybīs
Accusative	sillybum	sillybōs
Ablative	sillybō	sillybīs
Vocative	sillybe	sillybī

References

“sillybus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sillybus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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