Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#PTERISCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#PTERIS πτέρις (ptéris).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈptɛ.rɪs]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#PTERISCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#PTERIS
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈptɛː.ris]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#PTERISCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#PTERIS

Noun

pteris f (genitive pteridis)Category:Latin lemmas#PTERISCategory:Latin nouns#PTERISCategory:Latin third declension nouns#PTERISCategory:Latin feminine nouns in the third declension#PTERISCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PTERISCategory:Latin feminine nouns#PTERISCategory:Pages with entries#PTERISCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PTERIS; third declension

1. a species of fern
   • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 27.78:

     Felicis duo genera nec florem habent nec semen. pterim vocant Graeci, alii blachnon, cuius ex una radice conplures exeunt felices bina etiam cubita excedentes longitudine, non graves odore; hanc marem existimant. alterum genus thelypterim Graeci vocant, alii nymphaeam pterim; est autem singularis atque non fruticosa, brevior molliorque et densior, foliis ad radicem canaliculata.

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   • c. 400 CE, Marcellus Empiricus, De medicamentis 25:

     Herbae pteridis, id est filiculae, quae ratis Gallice dicitur, quaeque in fago saepe nascitur, radices tunsae in potione ieiuno dantur cum uino coxarum doloribus laboranti.

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   • c. 400 CE, Marcellus Empiricus, De medicamentis 28:

     Ad lumbricos eiciendos remedium mirum sic: Satureiae fascem bonum cum aquae III mittes in uas amplum et diligenter claudes. postera die colabis et addes pteridis tunsae et aloes tunsae diligenter dragmas binas et mellis despumati quod sufficiat.

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Adjective

pterīsCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#PTERISCategory:Latin adjective forms#PTERISCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PTERISCategory:Pages with entries#PTERISCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PTERIS

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of pterus

References

• “pteris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pteris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.