lolium

See also: Lolium

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

lolium (plural loliums)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Lolium of ryegrasses.

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (imitative root) as the plant was known to stun and cause vertigo. If so, related to lātrō, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.li.um/, [ˈɫ̪ɔlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.li.um/, [ˈlɔːlium]

Noun

lolium n (genitive loliī or lolī); second declension

1. darnel, tare, cockle, lolium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lolium	lolia
Genitive	loliī lolī1	loliōrum
Dative	loliō	loliīs
Accusative	lolium	lolia
Ablative	loliō	loliīs
Vocative	lolium	lolia

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

Derived terms

• loliāceus
• loliārius

Descendants

• Aragonese: luello
• Catalan: jull
• Galician: xoio
• Italian: loglio
• Portuguese: joio
• Spanish: joyo
• Venetian: lojo, logio, loi

Further reading

• “lolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.