lolium

See also: Lolium

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

lolium (plural loliums)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Lolium of ryegrasses.

   Synonym: ryegrass

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (imitative root) as the plant was known to stun and cause vertigo. If so, related to lātrō, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.li.um/, [ˈɫ̪ɔlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.li.um/, [ˈlɔːlium]

Noun

lolium n (genitive loliī or lolī); second declension

1. darnel, tare, cockle, lolium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	lolium	lolia
genitive	loliī lolī1	loliōrum
dative	loliō	loliīs
accusative	lolium	lolia
ablative	loliō	loliīs
vocative	lolium	lolia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• loliāceus
• loliārius

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: loglio
• North-Italian:
  • Ligurian: leûggio
  • Piedmontese: leuj, leugg
  • Venetan: lojo, logio, loi
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Bourguignon: leu
  • Franco-Provençal: loly
  • Aragonese: luello
  • Catalan: jull
  • Catalan: juèlh, jòlh
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: xoio
  • Portuguese: joio
  • Spanish: joyo

Further reading

• “lolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.