lapathum

Latin

Alternative forms

  • lapathium
  • lapathus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λάπαθον (lápathon).

Pronunciation

Noun

lapathum n (genitive lapathī); second declension

  1. A kind of sorrel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative lapathum lapatha
genitive lapathī lapathōrum
dative lapathō lapathīs
accusative lapathum lapatha
ablative lapathō lapathīs
vocative lapathum lapatha

Derived terms

  • Early Medieval Latin: lapathia[1][2][3]
    • Italian: lapazio
    • Provençal: lapaci
    • Portuguese: labaça, lapaça, alabaça
    • Galician: labaza
    • Spanish: lápato
    • Aragonese: lapaza
    • Catalan: labaca

References

  • lapathum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • lapathum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. ^ Andreas Karbstein, Die Namen der Heilmittel nach Buchstaben, Geneva, 2002, p. 134.
  2. ^ Marwān Ibn Janāḥ, On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs (Kitāb Al-Talkhīṣ), Leiden, 2020, v. 1, p. 526.
  3. ^ Francisco Javier Simonet, Glosario de voces ibéricas y latinas usadas entre los mozárabes, Madrid, 1888, p. 294.