hyoscyamus

See also: Hyoscyamus

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

hyoscyamus (countable and uncountable, plural hyoscyamuses or hyoscami)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Hyoscamus of henbanes.
  2. (medicine) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectoral troubles.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῠ̔οσκῠ́ᾰμος (huoskúamos), from ὗς (hûs, “pig”) +‎ κῠ́ᾰμος (kúamos, “bean”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hy.osˈky.a.mus/, [hʏ.ɔsˈkʏ.a.mʊs]

Noun

hyoscyamus m (genitive hyoscyamī); second declension

  1. henbane

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hyoscyamus hyoscyamī
Genitive hyoscyamī hyoscyamōrum
Dative hyoscyamō hyoscyamīs
Accusative hyoscyamum hyoscyamōs
Ablative hyoscyamō hyoscyamīs
Vocative hyoscyame hyoscyamī

References
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