verbena

See also: Verbena and verbéna

English

a verbena
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

• IPA^(key): /vɝˈbinə/
• Rhymes: -iːnə

Noun

verbena (plural verbenas)

1. 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. -

Derived terms

• lemon verbena
• sweet verbena
• verbenalin
• verbenalol

Translations

a genus of herbaceous plants

• Aromanian: yirghinã f
• Asturian: verbena f
• Catalan: berbena (ca) f
• Czech: sporýš m, verbena (cs) f
• Dutch: ijzerhard (nl) m, ijzerkruid n
• Esperanto: verbeno
• Finnish: verbena (fi), rautayrtti (fi)
• French: verveine (fr) f
• Friulian: vermene f
• German: Eisenkraut (de) n, Verbene (de) f
• Greek: λουίζα (el) f (louíza)
• Hungarian: verbéna (hu), vasfű (hu)
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• Italian: verbena (it) f
• Japanese: バーベナ
• Latin: lustrago f, verbenaca f
• Norman: vèrveine f
• Occitan: verbena f
• Polish: werbena (pl) f
• Portuguese: verbena (pt) f
• Romanian: verbină (ro) f
• Russian: вербе́на (ru) f (verbéna)
• Sicilian: virvina (scn) f, berbena f, birbina (scn) f
• Spanish: verbena (es) f

See also

• verbena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• verbena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• verbena on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin verbēna.

Noun

verbena

1. verbena (plant of genus Verbena)
2. (in the plural) the genus Verbena

Declension

Inflection of verbena (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of verbena (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative verbenani verbenani accusative nom. verbenani verbenani gen. verbenani genitive verbenani verbenoideni verbenoitteni verbenaini rare partitive verbenaani verbenoitani inessive verbenassani verbenoissani elative verbenastani verbenoistani illative verbenaani verbenoihini adessive verbenallani verbenoillani ablative verbenaltani verbenoiltani allative verbenalleni verbenoilleni essive verbenanani verbenoinani translative verbenakseni verbenoikseni abessive verbenattani verbenoittani instructive — — comitative — verbenoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative verbenasi verbenasi accusative nom. verbenasi verbenasi gen. verbenasi genitive verbenasi verbenoidesi verbenoittesi verbenaisi rare partitive verbenaasi verbenoitasi inessive verbenassasi verbenoissasi elative verbenastasi verbenoistasi illative verbenaasi verbenoihisi adessive verbenallasi verbenoillasi ablative verbenaltasi verbenoiltasi allative verbenallesi verbenoillesi essive verbenanasi verbenoinasi translative verbenaksesi verbenoiksesi abessive verbenattasi verbenoittasi instructive — — comitative — verbenoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative verbenamme verbenamme accusative nom. verbenamme verbenamme gen. verbenamme genitive verbenamme verbenoidemme verbenoittemme verbenaimme rare partitive verbenaamme verbenoitamme inessive verbenassamme verbenoissamme elative verbenastamme verbenoistamme illative verbenaamme verbenoihimme adessive verbenallamme verbenoillamme ablative verbenaltamme verbenoiltamme allative verbenallemme verbenoillemme essive verbenanamme verbenoinamme translative verbenaksemme verbenoiksemme abessive verbenattamme verbenoittamme instructive — — comitative — verbenoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative verbenanne verbenanne accusative nom. verbenanne verbenanne gen. verbenanne genitive verbenanne verbenoidenne verbenoittenne verbenainne rare partitive verbenaanne verbenoitanne inessive verbenassanne verbenoissanne elative verbenastanne verbenoistanne illative verbenaanne verbenoihinne adessive verbenallanne verbenoillanne ablative verbenaltanne verbenoiltanne allative verbenallenne verbenoillenne essive verbenananne verbenoinanne translative verbenaksenne verbenoiksenne abessive verbenattanne verbenoittanne instructive — — comitative — verbenoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative verbenansa verbenansa accusative nom. verbenansa verbenansa gen. verbenansa genitive verbenansa verbenoidensa verbenoittensa verbenainsa rare partitive verbenaansa verbenoitaan verbenoitansa inessive verbenassaan verbenassansa verbenoissaan verbenoissansa elative verbenastaan verbenastansa verbenoistaan verbenoistansa illative verbenaansa verbenoihinsa adessive verbenallaan verbenallansa verbenoillaan verbenoillansa ablative verbenaltaan verbenaltansa verbenoiltaan verbenoiltansa allative verbenalleen verbenallensa verbenoilleen verbenoillensa essive verbenanaan verbenanansa verbenoinaan verbenoinansa translative verbenakseen verbenaksensa verbenoikseen verbenoiksensa abessive verbenattaan verbenattansa verbenoittaan verbenoittansa instructive — — comitative — verbenoineen verbenoinensa

Synonyms

• rautayrtti

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin verbēna, from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-, from *werb- (“to turn, bend”). Compare the doublet vermena.

Noun

verbena f (plural verbene)

1. verbena, vervain

Derived terms

• Verbenacee

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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

1. foliage, especially that of olive, myrtle etc having religious and medicinal uses

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	verbēna	verbēnae
Genitive	verbēnae	verbēnārum
Dative	verbēnae	verbēnīs
Accusative	verbēnam	verbēnās
Ablative	verbēnā	verbēnīs
Vocative	verbēna	verbēnae

Descendants

• Aromanian: yirghinã
• Asturian: verbena
• Catalan: berbena
• English: verbena, vervain
• French: verveine
• Friulian: vermene

• Italian: verbena, vermena
• Occitan: verbena
• Portuguese: verbena
• Romanian: verbină, vervenă
• Sicilian: virvina, berbina
• Spanish: verbena

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin verbēna, from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-, from *werb- (“to turn, bend”).

Noun

verbena f (plural verbenas)

1. verbena (any of the herbaceous flowering plant of the genus Verbena)

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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

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈbena/ [beɾˈβ̞e.na]

Noun

verbena f (plural verbenas)

1. verbena (plant)
2. a night-time fair or party

Derived terms

• verbena de Indias

 

External links

• Template:R:DRAE 2001