mandragora

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See also: Mandragora and mandrágora

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mandragora, from Latin mandragorās.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmænˈdɹæɡ.ə.ɹə/

Noun

mandragora (countable and uncountable, plural mandragoras)

  1. Mandrake; often specifically mandrake root, traditionally used as a narcotic.
    • 1933 January 30, H.L. Mencken, “The Coolidge Mystery”, in H.L. Mencken On Politics[1], published 1996, →ISBN, page 136:
      The worst fodder for a President is not poppy and mandragora, but strychnine and adrenalin.
  2. A kind of tiny dragon immune to fire.

Synonyms


Italian

Etymology

From Latin mandragŏra

Noun

mandragora f (plural mandragore)

  1. mandrake

Synonyms


Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) mandragorā

  1. ablative singular of mandragorās
  2. vocative singular of mandragorās

References


Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mandragorās, from Ancient Greek μανδραγόρᾱς (mandragórās).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mãnˈdɾa.ɡo.ɾa]

Noun

mandragora f (plural mandragoras)

  1. mandrake
    • Et ſu uertud ſe mueſtra contra los otros toſſicos. ſi non contra aquellos que naſcen de tierra. por que ſon de natura frios. aſſi como mandragoras. o bellinno, o otras coſas que ſon daquella natura.
      And its virtue is shown against the other poisons, those that sprout from the earth, because they are cold by nature; such as mandrakes, or henbane or other things of that nature.

Descendants

  • Spanish: mandrágora

Polish

mandragora

Pronunciation

Noun

mandragora f

  1. mandrake (plant)

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mandrǎɡora/
  • Hyphenation: man‧dra‧go‧ra

Noun

mandràgora f (Cyrillic spelling мандра̀гора)

  1. mandrake

Declension