Latin

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Veratrum album, with which the Latin carpasum has been uncertainly identified

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάρπασον (kárpason, white hellebore).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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carpasum n (genitive carpasī); second declension

  1. an unknown poisonous plant, whose venom was held to be neutralised by a broth of sea-urchins; perhaps European white hellebore (Veratrum album)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative carpasum carpasa
Genitive carpasī carpasōrum
Dative carpasō carpasīs
Accusative carpasum carpasa
Ablative carpasō carpasīs
Vocative carpasum carpasa

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