panax

See also: Panax

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.naks/

Noun

panax m (genitive panacis); third declension

a kind of plant

Usage notes

The species of the plant is not clear. The seems to have been used by different classical authors to refer to a few different plants: all-heal, Ferulago galbanifera; Aesculapius' all-heal, Echinophora tenuifolia; centaury, Centaurea salonitana; feverfew, Centaurium erythraea; elecampane, Inula helenium; Chiron's all-heal, Mount Olympus Saint John's wort, Hypericum olympicum. Notably none of these are genus Panax.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	panax	panacēs
Genitive	panacis	panacum
Dative	panacī	panacibus
Accusative	panacem	panacēs
Ablative	panace	panacibus
Vocative	panax	panacēs

Related terms

panacea

Descendants

Translingual: Panax

References

panax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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