hibiscum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἰβίσκος (ibískos, “marsh mallow”), probably from Gaulish or another Celtic language.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɪˈbiːs.kũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈbis.kum]
Noun
hibīscum n (genitive hibīscī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hibīscum | hibīsca |
| genitive | hibīscī | hibīscōrum |
| dative | hibīscō | hibīscīs |
| accusative | hibīscum | hibīsca |
| ablative | hibīscō | hibīscīs |
| vocative | hibīscum | hibīsca |
Descendants
- → Proto-West Germanic: *ībisku (see there for further descendants)
References
- “hibiscum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hibiscum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hibiscum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “hibiscum”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN