rosmarinus

See also: Rosmarinus and ros marinus

Latin

Alternative forms

rōs marīnus
marīnus rōs

Etymology

From rōs (“dew, moisture”) +‎ marīnus (“marine, of the sea”). Literally meaning "dew of the sea".

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /roːs.maˈriː.nus/, [roːs.maˈriː.nʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ros.maˈri.nus/, [ros.maˈriː.nus]

Noun

rōsmarīnus m (variously declined, genitive rōrismarīnī or rōsmarīnī); third declension, second declension

rosemary

Inflection

Third declension, second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rōsmarīnus	rōrēsmarīnī
Genitive	rōrismarīnī	rōrummarīnōrum
Dative	rōrīmarīnō	rōribusmarīnīs
Accusative	rōremmarīnum	rōrēsmarīnōs
Ablative	rōremarīnō	rōribusmarīnīs
Vocative	rōsmarīne	rōrēsmarīnī

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rōsmarīnus	rōsmarīnī
Genitive	rōsmarīnī	rōsmarīnōrum
Dative	rōsmarīnō	rōsmarīnīs
Accusative	rōsmarīnum	rōsmarīnōs
Ablative	rōsmarīnō	rōsmarīnīs
Vocative	rōsmarīne	rōsmarīnī

Synonyms

aposplēnos, libanōtis, macaerinthe (mentioned by Pseudo-Apulejus)

Hyponyms

zēa (mentioned by Pseudo-Apulejus)

Descendants

Asturian: romeru
Breton: roumarin
Catalan: romaní
Dalmatian: lusmarin
Esperanto: rosmareno
French: romarin
Friulian: osmarìn
Galician: romeu
German: Rosmarin
Italian: rosmarino, ramerino

Norman: romathîn
Occitan: romanin
Portuguese: rosmaninho
Romanian: rozmarin
Romansh: rosmarin
Sardinian: romasinu
Sicilian: rosamarina, rosmarina
Spanish: romero
Translingual: Rosmarinus
Venetian: rosmarin, sgolmarin

References

"Ros marinus, marinus ros, or in one word, rosmarinus" s.v. "rōs, rōris, m." in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
rosmarinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1369
ros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1369

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