styrax

See also: Styrax

English

Etymology

Borrowed from the taxonomic name Styrax. Doublet of storax.

Noun

styrax (countable and uncountable, plural styraxes)

1. Alternative form of storax (“tree”).
2. Alternative form of storax (“resin”).

Derived terms

• styracin
• styrol

Translations

any member of the genus Styrax — see storax

Dutch

Alternative forms

• storax

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin styrax, from Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstiː.rɑks/
• Hyphenation: sty‧rax

Noun

styrax m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. storax (sweetgum resin)

Latin

Alternative forms

• storax

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsty.raks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstiː.raks]

Noun

styrax m (genitive styracis); third declension

1. storax (the tree Styrax officinalis and the balsam from it)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	styrax	styracēs
genitive	styracis	styracum
dative	styracī	styracibus
accusative	styracem	styracēs
ablative	styrace	styracibus
vocative	styrax	styracēs

Derived terms

• styracinus
• styracosaurus

Descendants

• Catalan: estorac
• Italian: storace
• → Old English: stōr
• Portuguese: estoraque
• Translingual: Styrax

References

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