anthalium

Latin

Etymology

From the unattested Greek word ἀνθάλιον.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈtʰa.li.um/, [än̪ˈt̪ʰälʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈta.li.um/, [än̪ˈt̪äːlium]

Noun

anthalium n (genitive anthaliī or anthalī); second declension

1. Cyperus esculentus, a bulbous, edible root
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 21.102:

     Anthaliī, quod Aegyptiī ēdunt, nūllum alium repperī ūsum.

     Of the anthalium, other than that the Egyptians eat it, I have found no other use.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	anthalium	anthalia
Genitive	anthaliī anthalī1	anthaliōrum
Dative	anthaliō	anthaliīs
Accusative	anthalium	anthalia
Ablative	anthaliō	anthaliīs
Vocative	anthalium	anthalia

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

References

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