asphodelus

See also: Asphodelus

Latin

Alternative forms

• asphodilus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos, “asphodel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈpʰo.de.lus/, [äs̠ˈpʰɔd̪ɛɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈfo.de.lus/, [äsˈfɔːd̪elus]

Noun

asphodelus m (genitive asphodelī); second declension

1. asphodel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	asphodelus	asphodelī
Genitive	asphodelī	asphodelōrum
Dative	asphodelō	asphodelīs
Accusative	asphodelum	asphodelōs
Ablative	asphodelō	asphodelīs
Vocative	asphodele	asphodelī

Synonyms

• (asphodel): albutium (pure Latin)

Descendants

• Medieval Latin: affodillus
  • → Middle English: affodill
    • English: daffodil
• Catalan: asfòdel
• French: asphodèle
• Galician: asfódelo
• Italian: asfodelo
• Occitan: asfodèl
• Portuguese: asfódelo
• Spanish: asfódelo
• → Translingual: Asphodelus

References

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