lasanum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon), possibly a Pre-Greek loan.[1]

Noun

lasanum n (genitive lasanī); second declension

  1. a cooking pot
  2. a closestool

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative lasanum lasana
genitive lasanī lasanōrum
dative lasanō lasanīs
accusative lasanum lasana
ablative lasanō lasanīs
vocative lasanum lasana

Descendants

  • ⇒ Italian: lasagna

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λάσανα (> VAR > Rarely sing. -ον.)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 835

Further reading

  • “lasanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lasanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lasanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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