dracontium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the genus in which Symplocarpus foetidus was formerly classified, Dracontium, from Latin dracontium (“dragon-wort”), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).
Noun[edit]
dracontium
- (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
References[edit]
- Symplocarpus foetidus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Symplocarpus foetidus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /draˈkon.ti.um/, [d̪räˈkɔn̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /draˈkon.t͡si.um/, [d̪räˈkɔnt̪͡s̪ium]
Noun[edit]
dracontium n (genitive dracontiī or dracontī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dracontium | dracontia |
Genitive | dracontiī dracontī1 |
dracontiōrum |
Dative | dracontiō | dracontiīs |
Accusative | dracontium | dracontia |
Ablative | dracontiō | dracontiīs |
Vocative | dracontium | dracontia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants[edit]
- English: dracontium
- Translingual: Dracontium
- Spanish: draconcio
References[edit]
- “dracontium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dracontium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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