veratrum

See also: Veratrum

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin vērātrum (“hellebore”).

Noun edit

veratrum (plural veratrums)

Any of various poisonous herbs of the genus Veratrum

Synonyms edit

(herb): corn lily, false hellebore

Related terms edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Unclear: perhaps from vērē (“truly, verily”) +‎ āter (“dull black, dark”), or perhaps related to vērō (“to tell the truth”) on the grounds that it cures people of their mental illness, or perhaps a separate derivation from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist, writhe”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯eːˈraː.trum/, [u̯eːˈräːt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈra.trum/, [veˈräːt̪rum]

Noun edit

vērātrum n (genitive vērātrī); second declension

hellebore
Synonym: elleborus

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vērātrum	vērātra
Genitive	vērātrī	vērātrōrum
Dative	vērātrō	vērātrīs
Accusative	vērātrum	vērātra
Ablative	vērātrō	vērātrīs
Vocative	vērātrum	vērātra

Descendants edit

Asturian: beledru
Catalan: baladre

References edit

“veratrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“veratrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers