mandragora

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mandragora, from Latin mandragorās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmænˈdɹæɡ.ə.ɹə/

Noun

mandragora (countable and uncountable, plural mandragoras)

1. Mandrake; often specifically mandrake root, traditionally used as a narcotic.
   • 1933, H.L. Mencken, “The Coolidge Mystery”, in H.L. Mencken On Politics‎, published 1996, →ISBN, page 136:

     The worst fodder for a President is not poppy and mandragora, but strychnine and adrenalin.

2. A kind of tiny dragon immune to fire.

Etymology

From Latin mandragŏra

Noun

mandragora f (plural mandragore)

1. mandrake

Noun

mandragorā

1. ablative singular of mandragorās
2. vocative singular of mandragorās

References

• mandragora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Alternative forms

• mandragola

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mandragorān, accusative of mandragorās, from Ancient Greek μανδραγόρας (mandragóras).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mãnˈdɾa.ɡo.ɾa]

Noun

mandragora f (plural mandragoras)

1. mandrake

   • Et ſu uertud ſe mueſtra contra los otros toſſicos. ſi non contra aquellos que naſcen de tierra. por que ſon de natura frios. aſſi como mandragoras. o bellinno, o otras coſas que ſon daquella natura.

     And its virtue is shown against the other poisons, those that sprout from the earth, because they are cold by nature; such as mandrakes, or henbane or other things of that nature.

Noun

mandragora f

1. mandrake (plant)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mandrǎɡora/
• Hyphenation: man‧dra‧go‧ra

Noun

mandràgora f (Cyrillic spelling мандра̀гора)

1. mandrake