coriandrum

See also: Coriandrum

Latin

Alternative forms

• coriandron
• coriandrus f

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron), of uncertain origin.

Compare Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon), κορίαμβλον (koríamblon), Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀪𐁀𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-ha-da-na), 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-ja-da-na), 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀈𐀜 (ko-ri-ja-do-no), 𐀒𐀪𐀍𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-jo-da-na), and Akkadian 𒌑𒄷𒌷𒌝 (ḫurium; huri'ānu).

Beekes supposes that cluster -dn- implies a Pre-Greek word, and hypothesizes that *koriaⁿdro- may have dissimilated to *koriaⁿdno-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ko.riˈan.drum/, [kɔriˈän̪d̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.riˈan.drum/, [koriˈän̪d̪rum]

Noun

coriandrum n (genitive coriandrī); second declension

1. coriander

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coriandrum	coriandra
Genitive	coriandrī	coriandrōrum
Dative	coriandrō	coriandrīs
Accusative	coriandrum	coriandra
Ablative	coriandrō	coriandrīs
Vocative	coriandrum	coriandra

Descendants

• Catalan: coriandre, celiandre
• English: coriander, cilantro
• French: coriandre
• German: Koriander
• Italian: coriandolo

• Portuguese: coentro
• Russian: кориа́ндр (koriándr)
• Sicilian: cugghiandru
• Spanish: cilantro, coriandro
• Translingual: Coriandrum

References

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