hastula regia

Latin

Etymology

From hastula (“small spear, little branch”) +‎ rēgia (“royal”). Attested as such in Pliny.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhas.tʊ.ɫa ˈreː.ɡi.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈas.t̪u.la ˈrɛː.d͡ʒi.a]

Noun

hastula rēgia f (genitive hastulae rēgiae); first declension

asphodel (plant)

Descendants

Latin: sclarēia (late or medieval)

References

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