cyclaminos
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Ancient Greek κῠκλᾰ́μῑνος (kŭklắmīnos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ky.klaˈmiː.nos/, [kʏkɫ̪äˈmiːnɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.klaˈmi.nos/, [t͡ʃikläˈmiːnos]
Noun
[edit]cyclamīnos f (genitive cyclamīnī); second declension
- cyclamen, sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium or Cyclamen repandum
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
- AD 4th–5th CC., Marcellus Empiricus Burdigalensis (author), Georgius Helmreich (editor), De medicamentis in Marcelli de medicamentis liber (1889), chapter i: “Ad capitis dolorem”, § 7 (page 27, lines 11–14):
- Per nares ergo purgatur caput his rebus infusis per cornu, quod Graece rhinenchytes vocatur: Hederae suco per se vel betae suco cum exiguo flore aeris vel cyclaminis suco mixto lacte aut aqua pari mensura.
Usage notes
[edit]- Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; cyclaminos inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek κυκλάμινος.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cyclamīnos | cyclamīnī cyclamīnoe |
| genitive | cyclamīnī | cyclamīnōrum |
| dative | cyclamīnō | cyclamīnīs |
| accusative | cyclamīnon | cyclamīnōs |
| ablative | cyclamīnō | cyclamīnīs |
| vocative | cyclamīne | cyclamīnī cyclamīnoe |
Descendants
[edit]- Italian: ciclamino
- → Ladin: ciclamin
- → Mòcheno: ciclamin
- ⇒ New Latin: cyclamen (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- “cyclămīnŏs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cyclămĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “460/3”
- “cyclamīnos” on page 480/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)