ocimus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈoː.kɪ.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.t͡ʃi.mus] === Noun === ōcimus m (genitive ōcimī); second declension (hapax legomenon) alternative form of ōcimum CE 4th C., Flavius Sosipater Charisius (author), Heinrich Keil (editor), Ars Grammatica (1857), page 72: Ōcimum cōnsuētūdō neutrāliter dīcit. Sed Aemilius Macer ait 'inter praeteritās numerābitur ōcimus herbās'. 'Basil' is usually of the neuter gender. But Aemilius Macer says 'basil (m) will be counted among the bygone herbs'. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== References ==== “ocimus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.