asphodelus
See also: Asphodelus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos, “asphodel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [asˈpʰɔ.dɛ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [asˈfɔː.d̪e.lus]
Noun
asphodelus m (genitive asphodelī); second declension
- asphodel
- Synonym: albutium
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | asphodelus | asphodelī |
| genitive | asphodelī | asphodelōrum |
| dative | asphodelō | asphodelīs |
| accusative | asphodelum | asphodelōs |
| ablative | asphodelō | asphodelīs |
| vocative | asphodele | asphodelī |
Descendants
- Medieval Latin: affodillus
- Catalan: asfòdel
- French: asphodèle
- Galician: asfódelo
- Italian: asfodelo
- Occitan: asfodèl
- Portuguese: asfódelo
- Spanish: asfódelo
- → Translingual: Asphodelus
References
- “asphŏdĕlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- asphodelus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.