laserpicium
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laː.serˈpiː.ki.um/, [ɫ̪äːs̠ɛrˈpiːkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /la.serˈpi.t͡ʃi.um/, [läs̬erˈpiːt͡ʃium]
Noun
lāserpīcium n (genitive lāserpīciī or lāserpīcī); second declension
- a plant, of the genus Laserpitium, also called silphium, from which asafoetida was obtained
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lāserpīcium | lāserpīcia |
Genitive | lāserpīciī lāserpīcī1 |
lāserpīciōrum |
Dative | lāserpīciō | lāserpīciīs |
Accusative | lāserpīcium | lāserpīcia |
Ablative | lāserpīciō | lāserpīciīs |
Vocative | lāserpīcium | lāserpīcia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Laserpitium
References
- “laserpicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- laserpicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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