hyoscyamus

See also: Hyoscyamus

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

hyoscyamus (countable and uncountable, plural hyoscyamuses or hyoscyami)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Hyoscyamus of henbanes.
  2. (archaic, medicine) The leaves of black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectoral troubles.

References

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῠ̔οσκῠ́ᾰμος (hŭoskŭ́ămos), from ὗς (hûs, pig) +‎ κῠ́ᾰμος (kŭ́ămos, bean).

Pronunciation

Noun

hyoscyamus m (genitive hyoscyamī); second declension

  1. henbane

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative hyoscyamus hyoscyamī
genitive hyoscyamī hyoscyamōrum
dative hyoscyamō hyoscyamīs
accusative hyoscyamum hyoscyamōs
ablative hyoscyamō hyoscyamīs
vocative hyoscyame hyoscyamī

Descendants

  • Catalan: jusquiam
  • French: jusquiame
  • Italian: giusquiamo
  • Occitan: jusquiam

References

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