corymbus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin corymbus; Doublet of corymb. === Noun === corymbus (plural corymbi) (historical) A topknot anciently worn by girls in their hair. (botany) Synonym of corymb. ==== Related terms ==== korymbos == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόρυμβος (kórumbos, “peak, summit; cluster of fruit; necklace”), from the same source as κορυφή (koruphḗ, “head, top, skull”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔˈrym.bʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koˈrim.bus] === Noun === corymbus m (genitive corymbī); second declension cluster of fruit or flowers ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: corimbo Spanish: corimbo === References === “corymbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “corymbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “corymbus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “corymbus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers