mandragoras

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See also: mandrágoras

English

Noun

mandragoras

  1. plural of mandragora

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μανδραγόρας (mandragóras), probably from a non-Indo-European Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "pregrc" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF./substrate. Or, possibly from Old Persian *merdum gija (plant of humans).

Pronunciation

Noun

mandragorās m (genitive mandragorae); first declension

  1. mandrake

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mandragorās mandragorae
Genitive mandragorae mandragorārum
Dative mandragorae mandragorīs
Accusative mandragorān mandragorās
Ablative mandragorā mandragorīs
Vocative mandragorā mandragorae

References

  • mandragoras”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mandragoras in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Old Spanish

Noun

mandragoras f pl

  1. plural of mandragora