asphodelus
See also: Asphodelus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos, “asphodel”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /asˈpʰo.de.lus/, [äs̠ˈpʰɔd̪ɛɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /asˈfo.de.lus/, [äsˈfɔːd̪elus]
Noun edit
asphodelus m (genitive asphodelī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | asphodelus | asphodelī |
| Genitive | asphodelī | asphodelōrum |
| Dative | asphodelō | asphodelīs |
| Accusative | asphodelum | asphodelōs |
| Ablative | asphodelō | asphodelīs |
| Vocative | asphodele | asphodelī |
Synonyms edit
- (asphodel): albutium (pure Latin)
Descendants edit
- Medieval Latin: affodillus
- Catalan: asfòdel
- French: asphodèle
- Galician: asfódelo
- Italian: asfodelo
- Occitan: asfodèl
- Portuguese: asfódelo
- Spanish: asfódelo
- → Translingual: Asphodelus
References edit
- “asphŏdĕlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- asphodelus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.