conferva
See also: Conferva
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈfɜːvə/
Translations
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for conferva in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈfer.wa/, [kõːˈfɛr.wa]
Noun
cōnferva f (genitive cōnfervae); first declension
- conferva (a green freshwater alga, formerly regarded as an aquatic plant)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
- consound (common comfrey, Symphytum officinale)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pseudo-Apuleius to this entry?)
Declension
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cōnferva | cōnfervae |
Genitive | cōnfervae | cōnfervārum |
Dative | cōnfervae | cōnfervīs |
Accusative | cōnfervam | cōnfervās |
Ablative | cōnfervā | cōnfervīs |
Vocative | cōnferva | cōnfervae |
Synonyms
- (consound): cōnsolida
References
- conferva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- conferva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 384/1
- “conferua” on page 398/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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