nepeta
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Nepeta (“nepeta”). Doublet of nep.
Noun
[edit]nepeta (plural nepetas)
- (botany) Any plant of the genus Nepeta of flowering plants, including catnip.
- 1997 October 13, New York: Interior Design ′97, page 79,
- NICE DIGS: Tomato tepees, nepeta, strawberries, and herbs in raised beds billow onto the gravel walk; a neat lattice camouflages a propane tank.
- 2006 Spring, Early Homes, page 42,
- The property is now protected by deer fencing, but Nancy spent many years experimenting with plants that are deer resistant, such as lavender, nepeta (catmint), and peonies.
- 2007 May-June, Old House Interiors, page 103,
- TOP. Mirror-image borders in Hampshire, with purple nepeta, carmine-red geraniums, and yellow thalictrum.
- 1997 October 13, New York: Interior Design ′97, page 79,
Translations
[edit]plant of the genus Nepeta
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Anagrams
[edit]Latin
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Etymology
[edit]Unknown, but related to Ancient Greek νέπιτα (népita), νέπετος (népetos) of the same meaning. Possibly from the name of the city of Nepi in Italy, called Nepete in Roman times,[1] from Etruscan 𐌍𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌄 (nepete); but the derivation is unusual. More likely from Ancient Greek *νεπετα (*nepeta), an unattested variant of the aforementioned terms, ultimately of Pre-Greek origin.[2][3]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈne.pe.ta/, [ˈnɛpɛt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.pe.ta/, [ˈnɛːpet̪ä]
Noun
[edit]nepeta f (genitive nepetae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nepeta | nepetae |
| genitive | nepetae | nepetārum |
| dative | nepetae | nepetīs |
| accusative | nepetam | nepetās |
| ablative | nepetā | nepetīs |
| vocative | nepeta | nepetae |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Missouri Botanical Garden: Nepeta × faassenii
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νέπετος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1010
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 34: “49 -ετ-ο-”
Further reading
[edit]- “nepeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nepeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- en:Botany
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- la:Spices and herbs