hermupoa
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑρμοῦ πόᾰ (Hermoû póa, literally “Hermes' grass”) and Ἑρμοῦ βοτᾰ́νη (Hermoû botánē, literally “Hermes' plant”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /herˈmuː.po.a/, [hɛrˈmuːpoä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /erˈmu.po.a/, [erˈmuːpoä]
Noun edit
hermūpoa f (genitive hermūpoae); first declension
- The plant mercury
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hermūpoa | hermūpoae |
| Genitive | hermūpoae | hermūpoārum |
| Dative | hermūpoae | hermūpoīs |
| Accusative | hermūpoam | hermūpoās |
| Ablative | hermūpoā | hermūpoīs |
| Vocative | hermūpoa | hermūpoae |
References edit
- “hermupoa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hermupoa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.