digitalis

See also: digitális and Digitalis

English

Etymology

Modern Latin, from Latin digitālis (“of the fingers”) (named in reference to the German common name for the plant, Fingerhut (“thimble”)). Doublet of digital.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪdʒɪˈtɑːlɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪd͡ʒɪˈtælɪs/, /dɪd͡ʒɪˈteɪlɪs/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

digitalis (countable and uncountable, plural digitalises)

1. Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea).
   • 1834, James Moore, “Gardens of the Misses Garnier”, in The Gardener’s Magazine, and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement, volume 19, page 210:

     11. Delphiniums and digitalises.

   • 1836, Joseph Harrison, The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists’ Magazine, volume 4, page 133:

     At the Medico-Botanical Society on Tuesday, Dr. Morries, made some some observations on opium, digitales, conium, and hyoscyamus, and exhibited specimens of oils obtained from the latter plants.

   • 1903, American Florist, volume 19, page 555:

     Polemoniums of various species, aubretias, dwarf phloxes, delphiniums, digitalises, gerums, erigerons and a number of other things have bloomed a second time […]

2. (medicine) A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.
   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 188:

     ‘You very nearly died. I had to give you digitalis three times.’

   • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 25:

     The ancient remedy digitalis, extracted from the foxglove plant, for example, acts by blocking sodium channels in heart muscle, preventing potentially dangerous overactivity.

Derived terms

• digitalin
• digitaloid
• digitoxin

Related terms

• digitalize

Translations

genus

• Bulgarian: напръстник m (naprǎstnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛地黃 / 毛地黄 (zh) (máodìhuáng), 洋地黃 / 洋地黄 (zh) (yángdìhuáng)

• Finnish: sormustinkukat (fi) pl
• Galician: estalote (gl) m
• German: Fingerhut (de) m
• Greek: δακτυλίτιδα f (daktylítida)
• Italian: digitale (it) f
• Polish: naparstnica f
• Portuguese: digital (pt) f, dedaleira (pt) f
• Russian: наперстя́нка (ru) f (naperstjánka)
• Spanish: digital (es) f, dedalera (es) f
• Swedish: fingerborgsblomma (sv) c

extract

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洋地黃製劑 / 洋地黄制剂 (yángdìhuáng zhìjì)

• Finnish: digitalis
• Indonesian: digitalis (id)
• Portuguese: digitalina f
• Spanish: digitalina f

References

• “digitalis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin digitālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiɡitɑ(ː)lis/, [ˈdiɡiˌt̪ɑ̝(ː)lis̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑlis
• Syllabification^(key): di‧gi‧ta‧lis
• Hyphenation^(key): di‧gi‧ta‧lis

Noun

digitalis

1. digitalis (medical extract)

Declension

Inflection of digitalis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		digitalis	digitalikset
genitive		digitaliksen	digitalisten digitaliksien
partitive		digitalista	digitaliksia
illative		digitalikseen	digitaliksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		digitalis	digitalikset
accusative	nom.	digitalis	digitalikset
	gen.	digitaliksen
genitive		digitaliksen	digitalisten digitaliksien
partitive		digitalista	digitaliksia
inessive		digitaliksessa	digitaliksissa
elative		digitaliksesta	digitaliksista
illative		digitalikseen	digitaliksiin
adessive		digitaliksella	digitaliksilla
ablative		digitalikselta	digitaliksilta
allative		digitalikselle	digitaliksille
essive		digitaliksena	digitaliksina
translative		digitalikseksi	digitaliksiksi
abessive		digitaliksetta	digitaliksitta
instructive		—	digitaliksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of digitalis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative digitalikseni digitalikseni accusative nom. digitalikseni digitalikseni gen. digitalikseni genitive digitalikseni digitalisteni digitaliksieni partitive digitalistani digitaliksiani inessive digitaliksessani digitaliksissani elative digitaliksestani digitaliksistani illative digitalikseeni digitaliksiini adessive digitaliksellani digitaliksillani ablative digitalikseltani digitaliksiltani allative digitalikselleni digitaliksilleni essive digitaliksenani digitaliksinani translative digitaliksekseni digitaliksikseni abessive digitaliksettani digitaliksittani instructive — — comitative — digitaliksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative digitaliksesi digitaliksesi accusative nom. digitaliksesi digitaliksesi gen. digitaliksesi genitive digitaliksesi digitalistesi digitaliksiesi partitive digitalistasi digitaliksiasi inessive digitaliksessasi digitaliksissasi elative digitaliksestasi digitaliksistasi illative digitalikseesi digitaliksiisi adessive digitaliksellasi digitaliksillasi ablative digitalikseltasi digitaliksiltasi allative digitaliksellesi digitaliksillesi essive digitaliksenasi digitaliksinasi translative digitalikseksesi digitaliksiksesi abessive digitaliksettasi digitaliksittasi instructive — — comitative — digitaliksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative digitaliksemme digitaliksemme accusative nom. digitaliksemme digitaliksemme gen. digitaliksemme genitive digitaliksemme digitalistemme digitaliksiemme partitive digitalistamme digitaliksiamme inessive digitaliksessamme digitaliksissamme elative digitaliksestamme digitaliksistamme illative digitalikseemme digitaliksiimme adessive digitaliksellamme digitaliksillamme ablative digitalikseltamme digitaliksiltamme allative digitaliksellemme digitaliksillemme essive digitaliksenamme digitaliksinamme translative digitalikseksemme digitaliksiksemme abessive digitaliksettamme digitaliksittamme instructive — — comitative — digitaliksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative digitaliksenne digitaliksenne accusative nom. digitaliksenne digitaliksenne gen. digitaliksenne genitive digitaliksenne digitalistenne digitaliksienne partitive digitalistanne digitaliksianne inessive digitaliksessanne digitaliksissanne elative digitaliksestanne digitaliksistanne illative digitalikseenne digitaliksiinne adessive digitaliksellanne digitaliksillanne ablative digitalikseltanne digitaliksiltanne allative digitaliksellenne digitaliksillenne essive digitaliksenanne digitaliksinanne translative digitalikseksenne digitaliksiksenne abessive digitaliksettanne digitaliksittanne instructive — — comitative — digitaliksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative digitaliksensa digitaliksensa accusative nom. digitaliksensa digitaliksensa gen. digitaliksensa genitive digitaliksensa digitalistensa digitaliksiensa partitive digitalistaan digitalistansa digitaliksiaan digitaliksiansa inessive digitaliksessaan digitaliksessansa digitaliksissaan digitaliksissansa elative digitaliksestaan digitaliksestansa digitaliksistaan digitaliksistansa illative digitalikseensa digitaliksiinsa adessive digitaliksellaan digitaliksellansa digitaliksillaan digitaliksillansa ablative digitalikseltaan digitalikseltansa digitaliksiltaan digitaliksiltansa allative digitalikselleen digitaliksellensa digitaliksilleen digitaliksillensa essive digitaliksenaan digitaliksenansa digitaliksinaan digitaliksinansa translative digitaliksekseen digitalikseksensa digitaliksikseen digitaliksiksensa abessive digitaliksettaan digitaliksettansa digitaliksittaan digitaliksittansa instructive — — comitative — digitaliksineen digitaliksinensa

Further reading

• “digitalis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English digitalis, from Latin digitālis (“of the fingers”) (named in reference to the German common name for the plant, Fingerhut (“thimble”)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /diɡiˈtalis/ [di.ɡiˈt̪a.lɪs]
• Rhymes: -alis
• Syllabification: di‧gi‧ta‧lis

Noun

digitalis (plural digitalis-digitalis)

1. (medicine, cardiology, pharmacology) digitalis: a medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc

Further reading

• “digitalis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
• Hadyana Pudjaatmaka; Susilowati (1987), Kamus Kimia: Biokimia [Dictionary of Chemistry: Biochemistry] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 63: “digitalis”

Latin

Etymology

digitus (“finger, toe”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪ.ɡɪˈtaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [di.d͡ʒiˈtaː.lis]

Adjective

digitālis (neuter digitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or belonging to the finger

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	digitālis	digitāle		digitālēs	digitālia
genitive	digitālis			digitālium
dative	digitālī			digitālibus
accusative	digitālem	digitāle		digitālīs digitālēs	digitālia
ablative	digitālī			digitālibus
vocative	digitālis	digitāle		digitālēs	digitālia

Related terms

• digitābulum
• digitātus
• digitulus
• digitus

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: deidale, didale
• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: dzidzitar, dzãdzãtar, dzedzãtar, dzedzutar
  • Romanian: degetar
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Dalmatian: ziziul
  • Italian: ditale
  • Sicilian: jitali, jiditali, jiritali
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: dedâl
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: dil, di, dial (“finger”)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: didal
  • Occitan: dedal
  • Old French: deel
    • French: dé
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: didal

    Cheso: dital

  • Galician: dedal
  • Portuguese: dedal
  • Spanish: dedal
    • → Tagalog: dedal
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: digital
  • → English: digital, digitalis
  • → Friulian: digitâl
  • → French: digital, digitale
  • → Galician: dixital
  • → German: digital
  • → Italian: digitale
  • → Portuguese: digital
  • → Romanian: digital
  • → Spanish: digital

References

• “digitalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "digitalis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “digitalis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.