cyclaminos
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the Ancient Greek κῠκλᾰ́μῑνος (kuklámīnos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ky.klaˈmiː.nos/, [kʏkɫ̪äˈmiːnɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.klaˈmi.nos/, [t͡ʃikläˈmiːnos]
Noun edit
cyclamīnos f (genitive cyclamīnī); second declension
- cyclamen, sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium or Cyclamen repandum
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
- AD 4th–5th CC., Marcellus Empiricus Burdigalensis (author), Georgius Helmreich (editor), De medicamentis in Marcelli de medicamentis liber (1889), chapter i: “Ad capitis dolorem”, § 7 (page 27, lines 11–14):
- Per nares ergo purgatur caput his rebus infusis per cornu, quod Graece rhinenchytes vocatur: Hederae suco per se vel betae suco cum exiguo flore aeris vel cyclaminis suco mixto lacte aut aqua pari mensura.
Usage notes edit
- Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; cyclaminos inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek κυκλάμινος.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cyclamīnos | cyclamīnī |
| Genitive | cyclamīnī | cyclamīnōrum |
| Dative | cyclamīnō | cyclamīnīs |
| Accusative | cyclamīnon | cyclamīnōs |
| Ablative | cyclamīnō | cyclamīnīs |
| Vocative | cyclamīne | cyclamīnī |
Descendants edit
- Italian: ciclamino
- → Ladin: ciclamin
- → Mòcheno: ciclamin
- ⇒ New Latin: cyclamen (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- “cyclămīnŏs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cyclămĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “460/3”
- “cyclamīnos” on page 480/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)