hastula regia

Latin

Etymology

From hastula (“small spear, little branch”) +‎ rēgia (“royal”). Attested as such in Pliny.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhas.tu.la ˈreː.ɡi.a/, [ˈhäs̠t̪ʊɫ̪ä ˈreːɡiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.tu.la ˈre.d͡ʒi.a/, [ˈäst̪ulä ˈrɛːd͡ʒiä]

Noun

hastula rēgia f (genitive hastulae rēgiae); first declension

1. asphodel (plant)

Descendants

• Latin: sclarēia (late or medieval)

References

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