cunela

Latin

Alternative forms

  • cunīla, conīla

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κονίλη (konílē).

Noun

cunēla f (genitive cunēlae); first declension

  1. A plant, probably oregano or a relative.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cunēla cunēlae
genitive cunēlae cunēlārum
dative cunēlae cunēlīs
accusative cunēlam cunēlās
ablative cunēlā cunēlīs
vocative cunēla cunēlae

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kunilā (see there for further descendants)

References

  • cunela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "cunela", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cunela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.