glycyrrhiza

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English

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Etymology

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From New Latin, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza, sweet root, licorice). Doublet of licorice.

Noun

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glycyrrhiza (plural glycyrrhizas)

  1. Any legume (such as liquorice) of the genus Glycyrrhiza.
    • 2015 July 8, “Pharmacokinetics of Active Components of Yokukansan, a Traditional Japanese Herbal Medicine after a Single Oral Administration to Healthy Japanese Volunteers: A Cross-Over, Randomized Study”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      As various foods and sweeteners are known to contain glycyrrhiza, which contains GL, a glycoside of GA, we regulated the meals of subjects during this study.

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza).

Noun

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glycyrrhīza f (genitive glycyrrhīzae); first declension

  1. licorice root

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glycyrrhīza glycyrrhīzae
Genitive glycyrrhīzae glycyrrhīzārum
Dative glycyrrhīzae glycyrrhīzīs
Accusative glycyrrhīzam glycyrrhīzās
Ablative glycyrrhīzā glycyrrhīzīs
Vocative glycyrrhīza glycyrrhīzae

Quotations

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  • before 79 C.E., Pliny the Elder, edited by Julius Sillig, C. Plini Secundi Naturalis historiae libri xxxvii, volume 2, Hamburg, published 1852, lib. xi, cap. liv, sect. 119, page 328:
    Quaedam rursus exiguo gustu famem ac sitim sedant conservantque viris, ut butyrum, hippace, glycyrriza; []
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    (The footnote lists the codex variants of glycyrrhixa, glyciriza, clicirixa, and glycyrrhizon.)
  • before 79 C.E., Pliny the Elder, edited by Julius Sillig, C. Plini Secundi Naturalis historiae libri xxxvii, volume 3, Hamburg, published 1853, lib. xxii, cap. ix, sect. 11, page 425:
    Alii eryngen falso eandem putavere esse et glycyrrizam, quare subiungi eam protinus refert.
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    (The footnote lists the codex variant of glyzyrrizam.)

Descendants

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  • Late Latin: liquiritia
  • Translingual: Glycyrrhiza