asclepias

See also: Asclepias

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Asclepias.

Noun

asclepias (plural asclepiases)

  1. Any plant of the genus Asclepias.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσκληπιάς (asklēpiás).

Pronunciation

Noun

asclēpias f (genitive asclēpiadis); third declension

  1. white swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum hirundinaria)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative asclēpias asclēpiadēs
genitive asclēpiadis asclēpiadum
dative asclēpiadī asclēpiadibus
accusative asclēpiadem asclēpiadēs
ablative asclēpiade asclēpiadibus
vocative asclēpias asclēpiadēs

References

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