herba

From Old Occitan erba, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈeɾ.bə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈer.bə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈeɾ.ba/

herba f (plural herbes)

1. herb
2. grass
3. (slang) marijuana

• herbaci
• herbós

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese erva (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin herba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾβa̝/

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herba f (plural herbas)

1. herb (plant lacking wood)

   Synonym: planta

2. weed
3. grass

   Synonym: grama

4. (uncountable) grass, herbage, pasture

   Synonym: pasto

• herbeira (“lawn”)
• Herbosa

• “herba” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

• “erva” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “erva” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “herba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “herba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “herba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).

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• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈher.ba/, [ˈhɛr.ba]

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herba f (genitive herbae); first declension

1. grass, herbage
2. herb
3. weeds

First declension.

• (grass, herb): grāmen

• herba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• herba in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• herba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• herba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the vegetable kingdom: arbores stirpesque, herbae stirpesque (De Fin. 5. 11. 33)
    
  • the crop is in the blade: messis in herbis est (Liv. 25. 15)
    
  • your crop is still green, i.e. you are still far from your ambition: adhuc tua messis in herba est (proverb.)
    
• herba in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

• yerba

herba f

1. grass

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• Pallabreiru Llïonés