capsilago

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, attested only once from Antiquity. Later in the Middle Ages cassilāgō. Compare Ancient Greek κασσίαλα (kassíala).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kap.siˈlaː.ɡoː/, [käps̠ɪˈɫ̪äːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kap.siˈla.ɡo/, [käpsiˈläːɡo]

Noun

capsilāgō f (genitive capsilāginis); third declension

1. A kind of henbane
   • 300s, Pseudo-Pliny De re medica.2.28:

     Capsilaginis semen, quod est Jusquiami siliqua

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	capsilāgō	capsilāginēs
genitive	capsilāginis	capsilāginum
dative	capsilāginī	capsilāginibus
accusative	capsilāginem	capsilāginēs
ablative	capsilāgine	capsilāginibus
vocative	capsilāgō	capsilāginēs

References

• Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “capsilago”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 98
• capsilago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.