cardamomum

Latin

Alternative forms

• cardamōmon

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kar.daˈmoː.mum/, [kärd̪äˈmoːmʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kar.daˈmo.mum/, [kärd̪äˈmɔːmum]

Noun

cardamōmum n (genitive cardamōmī); second declension

1. cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	cardamōmum	cardamōma
genitive	cardamōmī	cardamōmōrum
dative	cardamōmō	cardamōmīs
accusative	cardamōmum	cardamōma
ablative	cardamōmō	cardamōmīs
vocative	cardamōmum	cardamōma

References

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