conferva
See also: Conferva
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈfɜːvə/
Noun
editconferva (plural confervas or confervae or (obsolete) confervæ)
- (obsolete) Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater alga, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in Cladophora or Tribonema
Derived terms
editTranslations
editReferences
edit- “conferva”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈfer.u̯a/, [kõːˈfɛru̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈfer.va/, [koɱˈfɛrvä]
Noun
editcōnferva f (genitive cōnfervae); first declension
- conferva (a green freshwater alga, formerly regarded as an aquatic plant)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
- consound (common comfrey, Symphytum officinale)
- 300 CE – 400 CE, Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarium 59.4:
- A Graecis dicitur sinfitum, alii confirma, alii conserva, alii pecte, alii alum Gallicum.
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cōnferva | cōnfervae |
Genitive | cōnfervae | cōnfervārum |
Dative | cōnfervae | cōnfervīs |
Accusative | cōnfervam | cōnfervās |
Ablative | cōnfervā | cōnfervīs |
Vocative | cōnferva | cōnfervae |
Synonyms
edit- (consound): cōnsolida
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “conferva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- conferva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 384/1.
- “conferua” on page 398/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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