lolium

See also: Lolium

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

lolium (plural loliums)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Lolium of ryegrasses.

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain.[1] Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (imitative root) as the plant was known to stun and cause vertigo. If so, related to lātrō, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

lolium n (genitive loliī or lolī); second declension

  1. darnel, tare, cockle, lolium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lolium lolia
Genitive loliī
lolī1		 loliōrum
Dative loliō loliīs
Accusative lolium lolia
Ablative loliō loliīs
Vocative lolium lolia

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

Derived terms
  • loliāceus
  • loliārius

Descendants
  • Aragonese: luello
  • Catalan: jull
  • Galician: xoio
  • Italian: loglio
  • Portuguese: joio
  • Spanish: joyo
  • Venetian: lojo, logio, loi

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 348
  2. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “lolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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