caerefolium
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek χαιρέφυλλον (khairéphullon).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kae̯.reˈfo.li.um/, [käe̯rɛˈfɔlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃe.reˈfo.li.um/, [t͡ʃereˈfɔːlium]
Noun
editcaerefolium n (genitive caerefoliī or caerefolī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | caerefolium | caerefolia |
Genitive | caerefoliī caerefolī1 |
caerefoliōrum |
Dative | caerefoliō | caerefoliīs |
Accusative | caerefolium | caerefolia |
Ablative | caerefoliō | caerefoliīs |
Vocative | caerefolium | caerefolia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
edit- Catalan: cerfull
- French: cerfeuil
- Italian: cerfoglio
- Anglo-Norman: chervele
- Occitan: cerfuèlh
- Spanish: cerefolio
Further reading
edit- “caerefolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caerefolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.