caerefolium
Latin
Alternative forms
- chaerephyllum
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χαιρέφυλλον (khairéphullon).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kae̯.rɛˈfɔ.li.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃe.reˈfɔː.li.um]
Noun
caerefolium n (genitive caerefoliī or caerefolī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | caerefolium | caerefolia |
| genitive | caerefoliī caerefolī1 |
caerefoliōrum |
| dative | caerefoliō | caerefoliīs |
| accusative | caerefolium | caerefolia |
| ablative | caerefoliō | caerefoliīs |
| vocative | caerefolium | caerefolia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Catalan: cerfull
- French: cerfeuil
- → German: Kerbel
- Italian: cerfoglio
- Anglo-Norman: chervele
- Occitan: cerfuèlh
- Spanish: cerefolio
- Portuguese: cerefólio, cerefolho
Further reading
- “caerefolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caerefolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.