herbaceus

Latin

Etymology

From herba (“grass, vegetation”) +‎ -āceus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

herbāceus (feminine herbācea, neuter herbāceum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. grassy
  2. grass-colored

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative herbāceus herbācea herbāceum herbāceī herbāceae herbācea
genitive herbāceī herbāceae herbāceī herbāceōrum herbāceārum herbāceōrum
dative herbāceō herbāceae herbāceō herbāceīs
accusative herbāceum herbāceam herbāceum herbāceōs herbāceās herbācea
ablative herbāceō herbāceā herbāceō herbāceīs
vocative herbācee herbācea herbāceum herbāceī herbāceae herbācea

Descendants

  • Catalan: herbaci
  • English: herbaceous
  • French: herbacé
  • Galician: herbáceo
  • Italian: erbaceo
  • Portuguese: herbáceo
  • Romanian: erbaceu
  • Spanish: herbáceo

References

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