amomum

See also: Amomum

English

Etymology

From Latin amomum.

Noun

amomum (plural amomums)

1. Any of several spices of genus Amomum, family Zingiberaceae, including cardamom.

Translations

any of several spices of genus Amomum

• Hawaiian: ʻamomo
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: amomo m

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄμωμον (ámōmon).

Noun

amōmum n (genitive amōmī); second declension

1. amomum
2. balm containing this spice

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amōmum	amōma
Genitive	amōmī	amōmōrum
Dative	amōmō	amōmīs
Accusative	amōmum	amōma
Ablative	amōmō	amōmīs
Vocative	amōmum	amōma

Descendants

• Translingual: Amomum
• → English: amomum

References

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