plumbago

See also: Plumbago

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō, from plumbum (“lead”).

Plumbago

Noun

plumbago (countable and uncountable, plural plumbagos or plumbagoes)

  1. (mineralogy) graphite
  2. (botany) leadwort

Synonyms

Translations

Further reading
  • “Plumbago” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “plumbago”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō. See also plombagine.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /plœ̃.ba.ɡo/

Noun

plumbago m (plural plumbagos)

  1. (botany) plumbago

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

plumbum (“lead”) +‎ -āgō

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /plumˈbaː.ɡoː/, [pɫʊmˈbaː.ɡoː]

Noun

plumbāgō f (genitive plumbāginis); third declension

  1. graphite
  2. the color of graphite
  3. leadwort

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plumbāgō plumbāginēs
Genitive plumbāginis plumbāginum
Dative plumbāginī plumbāginibus
Accusative plumbāginem plumbāginēs
Ablative plumbāgine plumbāginibus
Vocative plumbāgō plumbāginēs

Descendants

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