anethum

See also: Anethum

Latin

Anethum graveolens

Alternative forms

• anētum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνηθον (ánēthon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈneː.tʰũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈnɛː.t̪um]

Noun

anēthum n (genitive anēthī); second declension

1. dill
2. anise

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	anēthum	anētha
genitive	anēthī	anēthōrum
dative	anēthō	anēthīs
accusative	anēthum	anētha
ablative	anēthō	anēthīs
vocative	anēthum	anētha

Descendants

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *anētulum
  • Portuguese: endro
  • Old Spanish: aneldo
    • Spanish: eneldo

Borrowings:

• → Italian: aneto
• → Middle French: anet, annet
  • French: anet, aneth
  • → Middle English: anet, anete, annet, annete
    • English: anet
  • → Early Scots: anet, anat, anethe, annat, annet, annot, ennet
    • Scots: anet
• → Old Catalan: anet
  • Catalan: anet
• → Old Occitan: anet
  • Occitan: anet
• → Portuguese: aneto
• → Spanish: aneto
• → Translingual: Anethum

References

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