zizyphus

See also: Zizyphus

Latin

Alternative forms

zīziphus, zīzifus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζίζυφον n (zízuphon). Latin zīzyphum denotes the fruit.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈziːz.zy.pʰʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪͡z̪id̪.d̪͡z̪i.fus]

Noun

zīzyphus f (genitive zīzyphī); second declension

jujube tree (Ziziphus jujuba)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	zīzyphus	zīzyphī
genitive	zīzyphī	zīzyphōrum
dative	zīzyphō	zīzyphīs
accusative	zīzyphum	zīzyphōs
ablative	zīzyphō	zīzyphīs
vocative	zīzyphe	zīzyphī

Descendants

Medieval Latin: zizuphum, zizufum, zizupus, zuzipus
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Lombard: zeubia
- Occitano-Romance:
  - Gascon: josiba
  - Languedocien: zusuba
    - → French: jujube
      - → English: jujube
      - → German: Jujube
      - → Polish: jujuba
      - → Portuguese: jujuba
      - → Romanian: jujuba
      - → Russian: юю́ба (jujúba), жужу́ба (žužúba), жужу́б (žužúb)
- ⇒ Medieval Latin: *zīzula, *zīnzula
  - Italo-Romance:
    - Italian: giuggiola, giuggiolo
    - Sicilian: nzìnzola
  - Gallo-Italic:
    - Emilian: zozla, zézula, zizla, zezla
    - Ligurian: zìzoa
    - Lombard: sìsol
    - Piedmontese: zìzola
  - Occitano-Romance:
    - Aragonese: chinchol, chincholo
    - Catalan: gínjol
      - → Spanish: guinja, guinjo, guínjol, jinja, jinjo, jínjol
    - Occitan: chichola, chichorla, gijola, ginjorla
  - → Serbo-Croatian: žižula
→ Translingual: Zizyphus

References

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