hastula regia
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hastula (“small spear, little branch”) + rēgia (“royal”). Attested as such in Pliny.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhas.tu.la ˈreː.ɡi.a/, [ˈhäs̠t̪ʊɫ̪ä ˈreːɡiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈas.tu.la ˈre.d͡ʒi.a/, [ˈäst̪ulä ˈrɛːd͡ʒiä]
Noun
[edit]hastula rēgia f (genitive hastulae rēgiae); first declension
- asphodel (plant)
Descendants
[edit]- Latin: sclarēia (late or medieval)
References
[edit]- “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.