mandragora

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

• (mandrake plant): mandrake
• (dragon): mandrake

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin mandragŏra

Noun

mandragora f (plural mandragore)

1. mandrake

Synonyms

• mandragola

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) mandragorā

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

References

• mandragora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• mandragola

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

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Polish

mandragora

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.draˈɡɔ.ra/

Noun

mandragora f

1. mandrake (plant)

Declension

Declension of mandragora

	singular	plural
nominative	mandragora	mandragory
genitive	mandragory	mandragor
dative	mandragorze	mandragorom
accusative	mandragorę	mandragory
instrumental	mandragorą	mandragorami
locative	mandragorze	mandragorach
vocative	mandragoro	mandragory

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mandràgora f (Cyrillic spelling мандра̀гора)

1. mandrake

Declension

Declension of mandragora

	singular	plural
nominative	mandragora	mandragore
genitive	mandragore	mandragora
dative	mandragori	mandragorama
accusative	mandragoru	mandragore
vocative	mandragoro	mandragore
locative	mandragori	mandragorama
instrumental	mandragorom	mandragorama