verbena
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin verbēna (“leaves or twigs of olive, myrtle, laurel, or other sacred plants employed in religious ceremonies”), from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-. Doublet of vervain, via French.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /vɝˈbinə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɜːˈbiːnə/
- Rhymes: -iːnə
Noun edit
verbena (countable and uncountable, plural verbenas)
- Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
- 1918, Katherine Mansfield, Prelude (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 116)
- Linda pulled a piece of verbena and crumpled it, and held her hands to her mother. -
- 1988, Elizabeth Spencer, “The Legacy”, in On the Gulf (Author and Artist Series), Jackson, Miss., London: University Press of Mississippi, published 1991, →ISBN, page 49:
- Hidden behind a large stone urn full of verbena, Dottie watched as her enemy greeted Johnny at the door.
- 1918, Katherine Mansfield, Prelude (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 116)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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See also edit
- verbena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- verbena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- verbena on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Catalan edit
Noun edit
verbena f (plural verbenes)
- Alternative form of berbena
Further reading edit
- “verbena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
verbena
Declension edit
Inflection of verbena (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | verbena | verbenat | ||
genitive | verbenan | verbenoiden verbenoitten | ||
partitive | verbenaa | verbenoita | ||
illative | verbenaan | verbenoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | verbena | verbenat | ||
accusative | nom. | verbena | verbenat | |
gen. | verbenan | |||
genitive | verbenan | verbenoiden verbenoitten verbenainrare | ||
partitive | verbenaa | verbenoita | ||
inessive | verbenassa | verbenoissa | ||
elative | verbenasta | verbenoista | ||
illative | verbenaan | verbenoihin | ||
adessive | verbenalla | verbenoilla | ||
ablative | verbenalta | verbenoilta | ||
allative | verbenalle | verbenoille | ||
essive | verbenana | verbenoina | ||
translative | verbenaksi | verbenoiksi | ||
abessive | verbenatta | verbenoitta | ||
instructive | — | verbenoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (plant and genus): rautayrtti
Derived terms edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin verbēna. Compare the doublet vermena.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
verbena f (plural verbene)
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *werβeznā, from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-, whence also Lithuanian virbas (“twig, branch, scion, rod”). This root is seemingly connected to *werb- (“to turn, bend”); further compare Middle Dutch warp, Middle Low German warp, German Warf, Danish varp, Swedish varp. Equivalent to verber + -na.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯erˈbeː.na/, [u̯ɛrˈbeːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈbe.na/, [verˈbɛːnä]
Noun edit
verbēna f (genitive verbēnae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | verbēna | verbēnae |
Genitive | verbēnae | verbēnārum |
Dative | verbēnae | verbēnīs |
Accusative | verbēnam | verbēnās |
Ablative | verbēnā | verbēnīs |
Vocative | verbēna | verbēnae |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “verbena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “verbena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- verbena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “verbena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “verbena”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin verbēna.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
verbena f (plural verbenas)
- (botany) common name, extended to plants of the genus Verbena, of the Verbenaceae family, mostly from the Americas, which includes species cultivated as ornamentals
- (botany) Verbena officinalis
- herbal tea prepared with this plant
- party with night festival; kermesse
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish berbena, from Latin verbēna (see also Lithuanian virbas (“twig, branch, scion, rod”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch warp, Middle Low German warp, German Warf, Danish varp, Swedish varp.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
verbena f (plural verbenas)
- verbena (Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain)
- a night-time fair or party
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “verbena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014