sedum
English
Etymology
From Middle English cedum, from Latin sedum (“houseleek”).
Noun
sedum (plural sedums)
- Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop
Further reading
- sedum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sedum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Sedum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sedum (“houseleek”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseː.dʏm/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: se‧dum
Noun
sedum n or m (plural sedums, diminutive sedumpje n)
- synonym of vetkruid (“stonecrop, succulent plant of genus Sedum”)
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology 1
Unknown.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɛ.dũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛː.d̪um]
Noun
sedum n (genitive sedī); second declension
- The houseleek
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sedum | seda |
| genitive | sedī | sedōrum |
| dative | sedō | sedīs |
| accusative | sedum | seda |
| ablative | sedō | sedīs |
| vocative | sedum | seda |
Descendants
- Translingual: Sedum
Etymology 2
Noun
sēdum
- genitive plural of sēdēs
References
- “sedum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sedum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “condurdum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 259