asphodelus
See also: Asphodelus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos, “asphodel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /asˈpʰo.de.lus/, [äs̠ˈpʰɔd̪ɛɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /asˈfo.de.lus/, [äsˈfɔːd̪elus]
Noun
asphodelus m (genitive asphodelī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | asphodelus | asphodelī |
Genitive | asphodelī | asphodelōrum |
Dative | asphodelō | asphodelīs |
Accusative | asphodelum | asphodelōs |
Ablative | asphodelō | asphodelīs |
Vocative | asphodele | asphodelī |
Synonyms
- (asphodel): albutium (pure Latin)
Descendants
- → Middle English: affodill
- English: daffodil
- → Translingual: Asphodelus, Asphodelus
References
- “asphŏdĕlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- asphodelus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.