asparagus

See also: Asparagus

English
Bundles of green and white asparagus

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin asparagus, sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos), variant of ἀσφάραγος (aspháragos). Replaced earlier Old English sparagi, from Medieval Latin, later sperage, sparrowgrass.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈspɛɹ.ə.ɡəs/, /əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

asparagus (plural asparagus or asparaguses)

  1. Any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers.
  2. The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.
  3. A green colour, like that of an asparagus.
    asparagus colour:  

Synonyms

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Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Also found in Medieval Latin. From Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /asˈpa.ra.ɡus/, [asˈpa.ra.ɡʊs]

Noun

asparagus m (genitive asparagī); second declension

  1. asparagus; shoot, sprout-like asparagus, samphire

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative asparagus asparagī
Genitive asparagī asparagōrum
Dative asparagō asparagīs
Accusative asparagum asparagōs
Ablative asparagō asparagīs
Vocative asparage asparagī

Descendants

References
  • asparagus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • asparagus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • asparagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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