hermupoa
Latin
Alternative forms
- hermūbotanē
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑρμοῦ πόᾰ (Hermoû póă, literally “Hermes' grass”) and Ἑρμοῦ βοτᾰ́νη (Hermoû botắnē, literally “Hermes' plant”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛrˈmuː.po.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [erˈmuː.po.a]
Noun
hermūpoa f (genitive hermūpoae); first declension
- The plant mercury
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hermūpoa | hermūpoae |
| genitive | hermūpoae | hermūpoārum |
| dative | hermūpoae | hermūpoīs |
| accusative | hermūpoam | hermūpoās |
| ablative | hermūpoā | hermūpoīs |
| vocative | hermūpoa | hermūpoae |
References
- “hermupoa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hermupoa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.