rosmarinus

See also: Rosmarinus and ros marinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• rōs marīnus
• marīnus rōs

Etymology

From rōs (“dew, moisture”) +‎ marīnus (“marine, of the sea”). Literally meaning "dew of the sea".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /roːs.maˈriː.nus/, [roːs̠mäˈriːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ros.maˈri.nus/, [rozmäˈriːnus]

Noun

rōsmarīnus m (variously declined, genitive rōrismarīnī or rōsmarīnī); third declension, second declension

1. (botany) rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)

Declension

Third-declension noun with a second-declension noun or second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rōsmarīnus	rōrēsmarīnī rōsmarīnī
Genitive	rōrismarīnī rōsmarīnī	rōrummarīnōrum rōsmarīnōrum
Dative	rōrīmarīnō rōsmarīnō	rōribusmarīnīs rōsmarīnīs
Accusative	rōremmarīnum rōsmarīnum	rōrēsmarīnōs rōsmarīnōs
Ablative	rōremarīnō rōsmarīnō	rōribusmarīnīs rōsmarīnīs
Vocative	rōsmarīne	rōrēsmarīnī rōsmarīnī

Synonyms

• aposplēnos, libanōtis, macaerinthe (mentioned by Pseudo-Apulejus)

Hyponyms

• zēa (mentioned by Pseudo-Apulejus)

Descendants

• Asturian: romeru
• Breton: roumarin
• Catalan: romaní
• Dalmatian: lusmarin
• English: rosemary
• Esperanto: rosmareno
• French: romarin
• Friulian: osmarìn
• Galician: romeu
• German: Rosmarin
• Italian: rosmarino, ramerino
• Norman: romathîn
• Occitan: romanin
• Portuguese: rosmaninho
• Romanian: rozmarin
• Romansch: rosmarin
• Sardinian: romasinu
• Sicilian: rosamarina, rosmarina
• Spanish: romero
• Translingual: Rosmarinus, Salvia rosmarinus
• Venetian: rosmarin, sgolmarin

References

• “"Ros marinus, marinus ros, or in one word, rosmarinus" s.v. "rōs, rōris, m."”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rosmarinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1369.
  ros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1369.