plumbago

See also: Plumbago

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō, from plumbum (“lead”).

Plumbago.

Noun

plumbago (countable and uncountable, plural plumbagos or plumbagoes)

  1. (mineralogy) graphite
  2. (botany) leadwort

Synonyms

Translations

Further reading

  • “Plumbago” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • plumbago mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō. See also plombagine.

Noun

plumbago m (plural plumbagos)

  1. (botany) plumbago

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

plumbum (“lead”) +‎ -āgō

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /plumˈbaː.ɡoː/, [pɫʊmˈbaː.ɡoː]

Noun

plumbāgō f (genitive plumbāginis); third declension

  1. graphite
  2. the color of graphite
  3. leadwort

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative plumbāgō plumbāginēs
genitive plumbāginis plumbāginum
dative plumbāginī plumbāginibus
accusative plumbāginem plumbāginēs
ablative plumbāgine plumbāginibus
vocative plumbāgō plumbāginēs

Descendants

References

  • plumbago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • plumbago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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