caryophyllus

See also: Caryophyllus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καρυόφυλλον (karuóphullon) reinterpreted as caryon / κάρυον (káruon, “a nut”) + phyllus / φύλλον (phúllon, “a leaf”). Applied by early botanists to the clove (Syzygium aromaticum), formerly Caryophyllus aromatica, and, by similarity of smell, to the clove pink (Dianthus caryophyllus). See Arabic قَرَنْفُل (qaranful) for the actual oriental origin of the word.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.ry.oˈpʰyl.lus/, [käryɔˈpʰʏlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.ri.oˈfil.lus/, [kärioˈfilːus]

Adjective

caryophyllus (feminine caryophylla, neuter caryophyllum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin, botany) Resembling or associated with clove.
2. (New Latin, botany) Resembling or associated with the clove pink.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	caryophyllus	caryophylla	caryophyllum		caryophyllī	caryophyllae	caryophylla
Genitive	caryophyllī	caryophyllae	caryophyllī		caryophyllōrum	caryophyllārum	caryophyllōrum
Dative	caryophyllō		caryophyllō		caryophyllīs
Accusative	caryophyllum	caryophyllam	caryophyllum		caryophyllōs	caryophyllās	caryophylla
Ablative	caryophyllō	caryophyllā	caryophyllō		caryophyllīs
Vocative	caryophylle	caryophylla	caryophyllum		caryophyllī	caryophyllae	caryophylla

Descendants

• Catalan: girofle
• French: girofle
  • English: gillyflower
  • → Portuguese: girofle
• Italian: cariofillene, cariofillaceo, cariofillata, garofano
• Translingual: Caryophyllus, Dianthus caryophyllus, Senecio caryophyllus