carphos

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάρφος (kárphos, “small dry stalk, dry twig”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkar.pʰɔs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkar.fos] === Noun === carphos n fenugreek Synonym: tēlis ==== Declension ==== The use of the form carphos as the accusative singular shows that the word is neuter in Latin, as it is in Greek, where it belongs to the third declension. Forms other than the nominative/accusative/vocative singular are not attested in Latin. === References === “carphos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “carphos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.