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cicuta

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See also: Cicuta

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cicūta. Apparently related to kex/kix.

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Noun

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cicuta (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Hemlock.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection ii:
      cicuta, or hemlock, is a strong poison in Greece, but with us it hath no such violent effects […].

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin cicūta. Doublet of ceguda.

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Noun

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cicuta f (plural cicutes)

  1. hemlock (Conium maculatum)
    Synonym: julivertassa

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cicūta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈku.ta/
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Hyphenation: ci‧cù‧ta

Noun

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cicuta f (plural cicute)

  1. (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Cicuta: the Cicuta taxonomic genus
  2. water hemlock, cowbane (any poisonous plant of the genus Cicuta)
  3. hemlock (poison)

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Further reading

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  • cicuta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • cicuta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • cicuta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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Latin

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Etymology

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From the same substrate source as English kex, Cornish cegas, and Welsh cegid (hemlock).[1]

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Noun

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cicūta f (genitive cicūtae); first declension

  1. a plant, poison hemlock, probably either Conium maculatum or Cicuta virosa
  2. the juice of the hemlock given to prisoners as poison
  3. a pipe or flute made from the stalks or stems of the hemlock

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cicūta cicūtae
genitive cicūtae cicūtārum
dative cicūtae cicūtīs
accusative cicūtam cicūtās
ablative cicūtā cicūtīs
vocative cicūta cicūtae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • cicuta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cicuta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cicuta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Siegfried, Miscellanea Celtica, p. 32

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cicuta (hemlock; pipe). Compare the inherited doublet cegude.

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Noun

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cicuta f (plural cicutas)

  1. hemlock (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cicuta (hemlock; pipe).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈkuta/ [θiˈku.t̪a]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈkuta/ [siˈku.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Syllabification: ci‧cu‧ta

Noun

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cicuta f (plural cicutas)

  1. hemlock (poisonous plant)

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