hyoscyamus
See also: Hyoscyamus
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name.
Noun
edithyoscyamus (countable and uncountable, plural hyoscyamuses or hyoscyami)
- (botany) Any of the genus Hyoscyamus of henbanes.
- (medicine) The leaves of black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectoral troubles.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hyoscyamus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ῠ̔οσκῠ́ᾰμος (huoskúamos), from ὗς (hûs, “pig”) + κῠ́ᾰμος (kúamos, “bean”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hy.osˈky.a.mus/, [hyɔs̠ˈkyämʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.oʃˈʃi.a.mus/, [ioʃˈʃiːämus]
Noun
edithyoscyamus m (genitive hyoscyamī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hyoscyamus | hyoscyamī |
Genitive | hyoscyamī | hyoscyamōrum |
Dative | hyoscyamō | hyoscyamīs |
Accusative | hyoscyamum | hyoscyamōs |
Ablative | hyoscyamō | hyoscyamīs |
Vocative | hyoscyame | hyoscyamī |
Descendants
edit- → Catalan: jusquiam
- → French: jusquiame
- → Italian: giusquiamo
- → Occitan: jusquiam
References
edit- “hyoscyamus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hyoscyamus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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