hermupoa

Latin

Alternative forms

• hermūbotanē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑρμοῦ πόᾰ (Hermoû póă, literally “Hermes' grass”) and Ἑρμοῦ βοτᾰ́νη (Hermoû botắnē, literally “Hermes' plant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /herˈmuː.po.a/, [hɛrˈmuːpoä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /erˈmu.po.a/, [erˈmuːpoä]

Noun

hermūpoa f (genitive hermūpoae); first declension

1. The plant mercury

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hermūpoa	hermūpoae
genitive	hermūpoae	hermūpoārum
dative	hermūpoae	hermūpoīs
accusative	hermūpoam	hermūpoās
ablative	hermūpoā	hermūpoīs
vocative	hermūpoa	hermūpoae

References

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