ferula

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See also: Ferula and férula

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ferula (giant fennel), whose stalks were once used in punishing schoolboys. Doublet of ferule.

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Noun

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ferula (plural ferulas or ferulae)

  1. (obsolete) A ferule.
  2. (archaic) A stroke from a cane.
  3. (obsolete) The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire.

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Latin

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Etymology

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    Uncertain but perhaps connected to festūca (stalk, straw).

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    Noun

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    ferula f (genitive ferulae); first declension

    1. giant fennel (Ferula communis)
    2. a staff, stick, rod
    3. a splint
    4. the unramified horn of a young stag

    Declension

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    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative ferula ferulae
    genitive ferulae ferulārum
    dative ferulae ferulīs
    accusative ferulam ferulās
    ablative ferulā ferulīs
    vocative ferula ferulae

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