anethum

See also: Anethum

Latin

Alternative forms

anētum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνηθον (ánēthon).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈneː.tʰũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈnɛː.t̪um]

Noun

anēthum n (genitive anēthī); second declension

dill
anise

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	anēthum	anētha
genitive	anēthī	anēthōrum
dative	anēthō	anēthīs
accusative	anēthum	anētha
ablative	anēthō	anēthīs
vocative	anēthum	anētha

Descendants

⇒ Vulgar Latin: *anētulum
- Portuguese: endro
- Old Spanish: aneldo
  - Spanish: eneldo

Borrowings:

→ Italian: aneto
→ Middle French: anet, annet
- French: anet, aneth
- → Middle English: anet, anete, annet, annete
  - English: anet
- → Early Scots: anet, anat, anethe, annat, annet, annot, ennet
  - Scots: anet
→ Old Catalan: anet
- Catalan: anet
→ Old Occitan: anet
- Occitan: anet
→ Portuguese: aneto
→ Spanish: aneto
→ Translingual: Anethum

References

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