hysopum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hyːˈsoː.pum/, [hyːˈs̠oːpʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈso.pum/, [iˈs̬ɔːpum]

Noun

hȳsōpum n (genitive hȳsōpī); second declension

1. hyssop

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hȳsōpum	hȳsōpa
Genitive	hȳsōpī	hȳsōpōrum
Dative	hȳsōpō	hȳsōpīs
Accusative	hȳsōpum	hȳsōpa
Ablative	hȳsōpō	hȳsōpīs
Vocative	hȳsōpum	hȳsōpa

Descendants

• Medieval Latin: hȳsōpus
  • → Old French: ysope
    • French: hysope
  • → Italian: issopo
  • → Portuguese: hissopo
  • → Spanish: hisopo
  • → Old English: ȳsōpe
    • Middle English: īsōpe
      • English: hyssop
  • → Czech: yzop
  • → Old High German: hysop
    • Old High German: isopo, isipo
      • Middle High German: isôpe, ysôpe
        • German: Isope, Ysope, Ysop
  • → Polish: hyzop
  • → Slovak: yzop

References

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