calcifraga

Latin

Etymology

From calx (“limestone, pebble”) +‎ frangō (“break, shatter”), possibly via ellipsis of herba calcifraga f (“stone-breaking plant/herb”), with the adjective-deriving suffix -us, -a, -um.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈki.fra.ɡa/, [käɫ̪ˈkɪfräɡä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈt͡ʃi.fra.ɡa/, [käl̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːfräɡä]

Noun

calcifraga f (genitive calcifragae); first declension

a herb said to be a remedy for the stone (the central part of some fruits) (hart's-tongue fern: Asplenium scolopendrium?)

Declension

First-declension noun
	singular	plural
nominative	calcifraga	calcifragae
genitive	calcifragae	calcifragārum
dative	calcifragae	calcifragīs
accusative	calcifragam	calcifragās
ablative	calcifragā	calcifragīs
vocative	calcifraga	calcifragae

References

“calcifraga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
calcifraga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.