sedum

See also: Sedum and sédum

English
a sedum
Sedum atratum

Etymology

From Middle English cedum, from Latin sedum (“houseleek”).

Noun

sedum (plural sedums)

  1. Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

Unknown[1].

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈse.dum/, [ˈsɛ.dũ]

Noun

sedum n (genitive sedī); second declension

  1. The houseleek

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sedum seda
Genitive sedī sedōrum
Dative sedō sedīs
Accusative sedum seda
Ablative sedō sedīs
Vocative sedum seda

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

sēdum

  1. genitive plural of sēdēs

References
  • sedum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sedum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “sedum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 259
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