dracontium

English

Symplocarpus foetidus leaves out in mid-spring after the flowers have bloomed.

Etymology

From the genus in which Symplocarpus foetidus was formerly classified, Dracontium, from Latin dracontium (“dragon-wort”), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).

Noun

dracontium

1. (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus

References

• Symplocarpus foetidus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Symplocarpus foetidus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /draˈkon.ti.um/, [d̪räˈkɔn̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /draˈkon.t͡si.um/, [d̪räˈkɔnt̪͡s̪ium]

Noun

dracontium n (genitive dracontiī or dracontī); second declension

1. dragonwort (Dracunculus vulgaris, syn. Arum dracunculus)

Declension

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

• English: dracontium
• Translingual: Dracontium
• Spanish: draconcio

References

• “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.