verbena
English
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Verbena rigida
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin verbēna (“leaves or twigs of olive, myrtle, laurel, or other sacred plants employed in religious ceremonies”), from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- (see also Lithuanian virbas (“twig, branch, scion, rod”)), from *werb- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Middle Dutch warp, Middle Low German warp, German Warf, Danish varp, Swedish varp. Doublet of vervain.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iːnə
Noun
verbena (plural verbenas)
- Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
- 1918, Katherine Mansfield, Prelude (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 116)
- Linda pulled a piece of verbena and crumpled it, and held her hands to her mother. -
- 1918, Katherine Mansfield, Prelude (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 116)
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
verbena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
verbena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
verbena on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Finnish
Etymology
Noun
verbena
Declension
Inflection of verbena (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | verbena | verbenat | |
genitive | verbenan | verbenoiden verbenoitten | |
partitive | verbenaa | verbenoita | |
illative | verbenaan | verbenoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | verbena | verbenat | |
accusative | nom. | verbena | verbenat |
gen. | verbenan | ||
genitive | verbenan | verbenoiden verbenoitten verbenain rare | |
partitive | verbenaa | verbenoita | |
inessive | verbenassa | verbenoissa | |
elative | verbenasta | verbenoista | |
illative | verbenaan | verbenoihin | |
adessive | verbenalla | verbenoilla | |
ablative | verbenalta | verbenoilta | |
allative | verbenalle | verbenoille | |
essive | verbenana | verbenoina | |
translative | verbenaksi | verbenoiksi | |
abessive | verbenatta | verbenoitta | |
instructive | — | verbenoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin verbēna, from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-, from *werb- (“to turn, bend”). Compare the doublet vermena.
Noun
verbena f (plural verbene)
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- (see also Lithuanian virbas (“twig, branch, scion, rod”)), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Middle Dutch warp, Middle Low German warp, German Warf, Danish varp, Swedish varp.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯erˈbeː.na/, [u̯ɛrˈbeːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈbe.na/, [verˈbɛːnä]
Noun
verbēna f (genitive verbēnae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | verbēna | verbēnae |
Genitive | verbēnae | verbēnārum |
Dative | verbēnae | verbēnīs |
Accusative | verbēnam | verbēnās |
Ablative | verbēnā | verbēnīs |
Vocative | verbēna | verbēnae |
Descendants
References
- “verbena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “verbena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- verbena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “verbena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “verbena”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin verbēna, from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-, from *werb- (“to turn, bend”).
Noun
verbena f (plural verbenas)
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish berbena, from Latin verbēna, from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- (see also Lithuanian virbas (“twig, branch, scion, rod”)), from *werb- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Middle Dutch warp, Middle Low German warp, German Warf, Danish varp, Swedish varp.
Pronunciation
Noun
verbena f (plural verbenas)
- verbena (plant)
- a night-time fair or party
Derived terms
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- en:Flowers
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