erithace

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈriː.tʰa.kɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈriː.ta.t͡ʃe] ==== Noun ==== erīthace vocative singular of erīthacus === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐρῑθᾰ́κη (erīthắkē). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈriː.tʰa.keː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈriː.ta.t͡ʃe] Dictionaries traditionally mark the ⟨i⟩ as short with no clear justification, as the term is only attested in prose. ==== Noun ==== erīthacē f (genitive erīthacēs); first declension beebread; sandarac (bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, stored in brood cells) Synonyms: cērinthus, sandaraca ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē). === References === “ĕrĭthăce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ĕrĭthăcē”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 599/2. “erithacē” on page 617/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)