mentastrum

Latin

Etymology

From ment(a) (“mint”) +‎ -astrum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /menˈtas.trum/, [mɛn̪ˈt̪äs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /menˈtas.trum/, [men̪ˈt̪äst̪rum]

Noun

mentastrum n (genitive mentastrī); second declension

1. wild mint.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	mentastrum	mentastra
genitive	mentastrī	mentastrōrum
dative	mentastrō	mentastrīs
accusative	mentastrum	mentastra
ablative	mentastrō	mentastrīs
vocative	mentastrum	mentastra

Descendants

• Catalan: mendastre
• Italian: mentastro

References

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