holcus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁλκός (holkós), from ἕλκω (hélkō, “to draw”). Doublet of sulcus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɔɫ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔl.kus] === Noun === holcus f (genitive holcī); second declension a sort of grain, mouse-barley (Hordeum murinum) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== French: houlque Translingual: Holcus === References === “holcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “holcus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.