buglossa

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin būglōssa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [buˈɣlɔ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [buˈɣlo.sa]

Noun

buglossa f (plural buglosses)

1. Italian bugloss (Anchusa azurea)

   Synonyms: boleng, borratja borda, llengua bovina, llengua de vaca

Further reading

• “buglossa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “buglossa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “buglossa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “buglossa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek βούγλωσσα (boúglōssa, literally “ox tongue”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /buːˈɡloːs.sa/, [buːˈɡɫ̪oːs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /buˈɡlos.sa/, [buˈɡlɔsːä]

Noun

būglōssa f (genitive būglōssae); first declension

1. oxtongue, bugloss (plant)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	būglōssa	būglōssae
Genitive	būglōssae	būglōssārum
Dative	būglōssae	būglōssīs
Accusative	būglōssam	būglōssās
Ablative	būglōssā	būglōssīs
Vocative	būglōssa	būglōssae

Synonyms

• (Late Latin) longaevum

Descendants

• Catalan: buglossa
• French: buglosse
  • → English: bugloss

References

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