asphodel

English

white asphodel (Asphodelus albus)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos). Doublet of daffodil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæsfədɛl/

Noun

asphodel (usually uncountable, plural asphodels)

1. Flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants.
2. (Greek mythology) The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.
   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 9:

     Her hand he seis'd, and to a shadie bank,

     Thick overhead with verdant roof imbowr'd

     He led her nothing loath; Flours were the Couch,

     Pansies, and Violets, and Asphodel,

     And Hyacinth, Earths freshest softest lap.

Translations

plant of the genus Asphodelus

• Bulgarian: бял бърдун (bjal bǎrdun)
• Catalan: asfòdel, porrassa, albó, caramuixa, gamó
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常春花, 日光蘭

• Finnish: soihtu (fi)
• French: asphodèle (fr) m
• Galician: abrótea (gl) f, gamón m
• Gallurese: tarabùcchjulu
• German: Affodil m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀσφόδελος m (asphódelos)

• Interlingue: asfodel
• Irish: lus caisil m
• Italian: asfodelo (it) m

• Latin: asphodelus m, hērōum n, albutium n
• Polish: złotogłów (pl) m
• Portuguese: asfódelo m
• Romanian: asfodel n
• Russian: асфоде́ль (ru) f (asfodɛ́lʹ), златоцве́тник m (zlatocvétnik)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: cardilloni, erbùtzu, scrarìa

  Logudorese: armuttu, iscrarèya, pramuttu, senàbre

• Sassarese: usciaréu
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зла̏тоглав m, асфо̀дел m, бр̏ден m

  Roman: zlȁtoglav (sh) m, asfòdel (sh) m, bȑden (sh) m

• Spanish: asfódelo m, gamón m
• Turkish: çiriş otu (tr)

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