mentastrum

Latin

Etymology

From ment(a) (“mint”) +‎ -astrum.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /menˈtas.trum/, [mɛn̪ˈt̪äs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /menˈtas.trum/, [men̪ˈt̪äst̪rum]

Noun

mentastrum n (genitive mentastrī); second declension

  1. wild mint.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mentastrum mentastra
Genitive mentastrī mentastrōrum
Dative mentastrō mentastrīs
Accusative mentastrum mentastra
Ablative mentastrō mentastrīs
Vocative mentastrum mentastra

Descendants
  • Catalan: mendastre
  • Italian: mentastro

References
  • “mentastrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mentastrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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