dracontium

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English

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Symplocarpus foetidus leaves out in mid-spring after the flowers have bloomed.

Etymology

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From the genus in which Symplocarpus foetidus was formerly classified, Dracontium, from Latin dracontium (dragon-wort), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).

Noun

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dracontium

  1. (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus

References

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dracontium n (genitive dracontiī or dracontī); second declension

  1. dragonwort (Dracunculus vulgaris, syn. Arum dracunculus)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dracontium dracontia
Genitive dracontiī
dracontī1
dracontiōrum
Dative dracontiō dracontiīs
Accusative dracontium dracontia
Ablative dracontiō dracontiīs
Vocative dracontium dracontia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

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  • English: dracontium
  • Translingual: Dracontium
  • Spanish: draconcio

References

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