nepeta
English edit
Etymology edit
From Nepeta (“nepeta”).
Noun edit
nepeta (plural nepetas)
- (botany) Any plant of the genus Nepeta of flowering plants, including catnip.
- 1997 October 13, New York: Interior Design ′97, page 79,
- NICE DIGS: Tomato tepees, nepeta, strawberries, and herbs in raised beds billow onto the gravel walk; a neat lattice camouflages a propane tank.
- 2006 Spring, Early Homes, page 42,
- The property is now protected by deer fencing, but Nancy spent many years experimenting with plants that are deer resistant, such as lavender, nepeta (catmint), and peonies.
- 2007 May-June, Old House Interiors, page 103,
- TOP. Mirror-image borders in Hampshire, with purple nepeta, carmine-red geraniums, and yellow thalictrum.
- 1997 October 13, New York: Interior Design ′97, page 79,
Translations edit
plant of the genus Nepeta
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Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, but related to Ancient Greek νέπιτα (népita), νέπετος (népetos) of the same meaning. Possibly from the name of the city of Nepi in Italy, called Nepete in Roman times,[1] from Etruscan 𐌍𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌄 (nepete); but the derivation is unusual. More likely from Ancient Greek *νεπετα (*nepeta), an unattested variant of the aforementioned terms, ultimately of Pre-Greek origin.[2][3]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈne.pe.ta/, [ˈnɛpɛt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.pe.ta/, [ˈnɛːpet̪ä]
Noun edit
nepeta f (genitive nepetae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nepeta | nepetae |
| Genitive | nepetae | nepetārum |
| Dative | nepetae | nepetīs |
| Accusative | nepetam | nepetās |
| Ablative | nepetā | nepetīs |
| Vocative | nepeta | nepetae |
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Missouri Botanical Garden: Nepeta × faassenii
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νέπετος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1010
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 34: “49 -ετ-ο-”
Further reading edit
- “nepeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nepeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.