dictamnum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dikˈtam.num/, [d̪ɪkˈt̪ämnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dikˈtam.num/, [d̪ikˈt̪ämnum]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δίκταμνον (díktamnon).

Alternative forms

• dictamnus

Noun

dictamnum n (genitive dictamnī); second declension

1. fraxinella, dittany

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dictamnum	dictamna
Genitive	dictamnī	dictamnōrum
Dative	dictamnō	dictamnīs
Accusative	dictamnum	dictamna
Ablative	dictamnō	dictamnīs
Vocative	dictamnum	dictamna

Descendants

• Catalan: gitam
• Old French: ditan
  • → English: dittany
• Italian: dittamo
• Translingual: Dictamnus

Etymology 2

Inflected form of dictamnus.

Noun

dictamnum

1. accusative singular of dictamnus

References

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