calcifraga

Latin

Etymology

From calx (“limestone, pebble”) +‎ frangō (“break, shatter”), possibly via ellipsis of herba calcifraga f (“stone-breaking plant/herb”), with the adjective-deriving suffix -us, -a, -um.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈki.fra.ɡa/, [käɫ̪ˈkɪfräɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈt͡ʃi.fra.ɡa/, [käl̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːfräɡä]

Noun

calcifraga f (genitive calcifragae); first declension

1. a herb said to be a remedy for the stone (the central part of some fruits) (hart's-tongue fern: Asplenium scolopendrium?)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	calcifraga	calcifragae
Genitive	calcifragae	calcifragārum
Dative	calcifragae	calcifragīs
Accusative	calcifragam	calcifragās
Ablative	calcifragā	calcifragīs
Vocative	calcifraga	calcifragae

References

• “calcifraga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calcifraga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.