Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek κονίλη (konílē).

Noun edit

cunēla f (genitive cunēlae); first declension

  1. A plant, probably oregano or a relative.

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cunēla cunēlae
Genitive cunēlae cunēlārum
Dative cunēlae cunēlīs
Accusative cunēlam cunēlās
Ablative cunēlā cunēlīs
Vocative cunēla cunēlae

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kunilā (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  • cunela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cunela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cunela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.