dictamnus

See also: Dictamnus

English

A Dictamus plant

Etymology

From Latin dictamnum. See dittany.

Noun

dictamnus (plural dictamnuses)

1. (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (usually considered as the only species in the genus, until Dictamnus dasycarpus turned up), with strong perfume and showy flowers.

   Synonyms: dittany, burning bush, gas plant, fraxinella

References

• “dictamnus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dikˈtam.nus/, [d̪ɪkˈt̪ämnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dikˈtam.nus/, [d̪ikˈt̪ämnus]

Noun

dictamnus m (genitive dictamnī); second declension

1. Alternative form of dictamnum

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dictamnus	dictamnī
genitive	dictamnī	dictamnōrum
dative	dictamnō	dictamnīs
accusative	dictamnum	dictamnōs
ablative	dictamnō	dictamnīs
vocative	dictamne	dictamnī

References

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