amomum

From Latin amomum.

amomum (plural amomums)

1. Any of several spices of genus Amomum, family Zingiberaceae, including cardamom.

From Ancient Greek ἄμωμον (ámōmon).

amōmum n (genitive amōmī); second declension

1. amomum
2. balm containing this spice

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

• amoen

Learned borrowing from Latin amōmum, from Ancient Greek ἄμωμον (ámōmon).^[1] First attested in 1534.

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔ.mum/

amomum m animacy unattested

1. (Middle Polish) grains of paradise (Aframomum melegueta)

   Synonym: (modern) aframon madagaskarski

• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “amomum”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]