cyclaminos

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek κῠκλᾰ́μῑνος (kuklámīnos).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ky.klaˈmiː.nos/, [kʏ.kɫaˈmiː.nɔs]

Noun

cyclamīnos f (genitive cyclamīnī); second declension

  1. cyclamen, sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium or Cyclamen repandum
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
    • AD 4th–5th CC., Marcellus Empiricus Burdigalensis (author), Georgius Helmreich (editor), De medicamentis in Marcelli de medicamentis liber (1889), chapter i: “Ad capitis dolorem”, § 7 (page 27, lines 11–14):
      Per nares ergo purgatur caput his rebus infusis per cornu, quod Graece rhinenchytes vocatur: Hederae suco per se vel betae suco cum exiguo flore aeris vel cyclaminis suco mixto lacte aut aqua pari mensura.

Usage notes

  • Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; cyclaminos inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek κυκλάμινος.

Declension

Second declension, Greek type.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cyclamīnos cyclamīnī
Genitive cyclamīnī cyclamīnōrum
Dative cyclamīnō cyclamīnīs
Accusative cyclamīnon cyclamīnōs
Ablative cyclamīnō cyclamīnīs
Vocative cyclamīne cyclamīnī

References

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