dictamnus

See also: Dictamnus

English
A Dictamus plant

Etymology

From Latin dictamnum. See dittany.

Noun

dictamnus (plural dictamnuses)

  1. (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 dictamnus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /dikˈtam.nus/, [dɪkˈtam.nʊs]

Noun

dictamnus m (genitive dictamnī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of dictamnum

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dictamnus dictamnī
Genitive dictamnī dictamnōrum
Dative dictamnō dictamnīs
Accusative dictamnum dictamnōs
Ablative dictamnō dictamnīs
Vocative dictamne dictamnī

References
  • dictamnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dictamnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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