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hastula regia

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Latin

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Etymology

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From hastula (small spear, little branch) +‎ rēgia (royal). Attested as such in Pliny.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hastula rēgia f (genitive hastulae rēgiae); first declension

  1. asphodel (plant)

Descendants

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  • Latin: sclarēia (late or medieval)

References

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