cuminum

See also: Cuminum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon, “cumin”), ultimately from Semitic.

Noun

cumīnum n (genitive cumīnī); second declension

  1. cumin
    • c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris
      Item centena cere zucarii piperis cumini amigdalarum & alome continet xiii. petras & dimid’ & quelibet petra continet viii. li.
      Futhermore, the hundred of beeswax, sugar, pepper, cumin, almonds, & alum contains 13½ stone & each such stone contains 8 lbs.

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cumīnum cumīna
Genitive cumīnī cumīnōrum
Dative cumīnō cumīnīs
Accusative cumīnum cumīna
Ablative cumīnō cumīnīs
Vocative cumīnum cumīna

Descendants

References
  • cuminum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cuminum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cuminum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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