laserpicium

English

Alternative forms

• lasarpicium

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laserpicium.

Noun

laserpicium (uncountable)

1. silphium resin

Latin

Alternative forms

• lāsarpīcium

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laː.serˈpiː.ki.um/, [ɫ̪äːs̠ɛrˈpiːkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la.serˈpi.t͡ʃi.um/, [läs̬erˈpiːt͡ʃium]

Noun

lāserpīcium n (genitive lāserpīciī or lāserpīcī); second declension

1. resin similar to asafoetida, obtained during Antiquity from an unidentified plant called silphium, probably close to the genus of plants Laserpitium.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with Laserpitium.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lāserpīcium	lāserpīcia
Genitive	lāserpīciī lāserpīcī1	lāserpīciōrum
Dative	lāserpīciō	lāserpīciīs
Accusative	lāserpīcium	lāserpīcia
Ablative	lāserpīciō	lāserpīciīs
Vocative	lāserpīcium	lāserpīcia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• lāsarpīcifer
• lāserpīciārius
• lāserpīciātus

Descendants

• Translingual: Laserpitium

See also

• lāsar / lāser

References

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