Noun: agnus castus
| Singular | agnus castus |
| Plural | agnus castuses |
Sample Sentences
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[…] some herbs provoke lust; some again, as agnus castus, waterlilly, quite extinguish seed […] . [, II.4.1.iii, 1813, Volume 2, page 94]
Nouns inflected like agnus castus
penniless-bench,
wintergrass,
kitchen pass,
grey fox,
grey box,
trailer hitch,
paleness,
loaded march,
Tush Push,
horribleness,
slaughteress,
chapparvovirus,
greenwax,
royal flush,
crab cactus,
geostress,
syngas,
wintercress,
ichthys,
ichthus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄγνος (ágnos), confused with ἁγνός (hagnós, “chaste”) + by reinforcement Latin castus (“chaste”). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἄγνος', Latin Nouns '
castus'.