sedum
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English cedum, from Latin sedum (“houseleek”).
Noun edit
sedum (plural sedums)
- Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop
Further reading edit
- sedum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sedum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Sedum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin sedum (“houseleek”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sedum n or m (plural sedums, diminutive sedumpje n)
- Synonym of vetkruid (“stonecrop, succulent plant of genus Sedum”)
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈse.dum/, [ˈs̠ɛd̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.dum/, [ˈsɛːd̪um]
Noun edit
sedum n (genitive sedī); second declension
- The houseleek
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sedum | seda |
Genitive | sedī | sedōrum |
Dative | sedō | sedīs |
Accusative | sedum | seda |
Ablative | sedō | sedīs |
Vocative | sedum | seda |
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Sedum
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
sēdum
References edit
- “sedum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sedum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “sedum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 259