elaphoboscon

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἐλᾰφόβοσκον (elaphóboskon, “plant eaten by deer as an antidote against the bite of snakes”, “parsnip”, “Pastinaca sativa”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.la.pʰoˈbos.kon/, [ɛɫ̪äpʰɔˈbɔs̠kɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.la.foˈbos.kon/, [eläfoˈbɔskon]

Noun

elaphoboscon n (genitive elaphoboscī); second declension

1. wild parsnip eaten by deer

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	elaphoboscon	elaphobosca
genitive	elaphoboscī	elaphoboscōrum
dative	elaphoboscō	elaphoboscīs
accusative	elaphoboscon	elaphobosca
ablative	elaphoboscō	elaphoboscīs
vocative	elaphoboscon	elaphobosca

References

• “ĕlăphŏboscon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ĕlăphŏboscŏn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 579/2.
• “elaphoboscon” on page 597/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)