alsine

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλσίνη (alsínē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.sɪ.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.si.ne] === Noun === alsinē f (genitive alsinēs); first declension A plant, perhaps the chickweed ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē). ==== Descendants ==== → Spanish: álsine === References === “alsine”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “alsine”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.