solanum
See also: Solanum
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
solanum (plural solanums)
- (botany) Any plant in the genus Solanum.
- (East Africa) A traditional green vegetable in the genus Solanum, specifically Solanum nigrum, and sometimes Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., and Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
Translations
East African traditional vegetable
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
First used by Pliny. Possible etymologies include:
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /soːˈlaː.num/, [s̠oːˈɫ̪äːnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /soˈla.num/, [soˈläːnum]
Noun
sōlānum n (genitive sōlānī); second declension
- a plant: nightshade
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sōlānum | sōlāna |
Genitive | sōlānī | sōlānōrum |
Dative | sōlānō | sōlānīs |
Accusative | sōlānum | sōlāna |
Ablative | sōlānō | sōlānīs |
Vocative | sōlānum | sōlāna |
References
- “solanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- solanum 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)
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Botany
- East African English
- en:Nightshades
- en:Vegetables
- Latin terms suffixed with -anus
- Latin terms suffixed with -nus
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
- Latin neuter nouns
- la:Nightshades