laserpicium
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin laserpicium
Noun
laserpicium (uncountable)
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laː.serˈpiː.ki.um/, [ɫaː.sɛrˈpiː.ki.ũ]
Noun
lāserpīcium n (genitive lāserpīcii); second declension
- a plant, of the genus Laserpitium, also called silphium, from which asafoetida was obtained
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lāserpīcium | lāserpīcia |
| genitive | lāserpīciī | lāserpīciōrum |
| dative | lāserpīciō | lāserpīciīs |
| accusative | lāserpīcium | lāserpīcia |
| ablative | lāserpīciō | lāserpīciīs |
| vocative | lāserpīcium | lāserpīcia |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Laserpitium
See also
References
- laserpicium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- laserpicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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