amarantus

English

Etymology

From Latin amarantus.

Noun

amarantus

amaranth (rare, formal)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.maˈran.tus/, [ämäˈrän̪t̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.maˈran.tus/, [ämäˈrän̪t̪us]

Noun

amarantus m (genitive amarantī); second declension

amaranth

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amarantus	amarantī
Genitive	amarantī	amarantōrum
Dative	amarantō	amarantīs
Accusative	amarantum	amarantōs
Ablative	amarantō	amarantīs
Vocative	amarante	amarantī

Descendants

Descendants

→ Catalan: amarant (learned)
→ Czech: amarant
→ Dutch: amarant
→ English: amaranth
→ Esperanto: amaranto
→ Finnish: amarantti
→ French: amarante (learned)
→ German: Amarant
→ Irish: amarantas
→ Italian: amaranto (learned)
→ Polish: amarant
→ Portuguese: amaranto
→ Romanian: amarant (learned)
→ Slovene: amarānt
→ Spanish: amaranto
- → Tagalog: amaranto
→ Translingual: Amaranthus

Further reading

“amarantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“amarantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
amarantus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“amarantus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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