sisymbrium

See also: Sisymbrium

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

sisymbrium (plural sisymbriums)

  1. Any plant of the genus Sisymbrium.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σισύμβριον (sisúmbrion). Akin to Persian سوسنبر‎ (susambar, “wild thyme”), an Ancient Greek borrowing.

Noun

sisymbrium n (genitive sisymbriī or sisymbrī); second declension

  1. Any plant of the species Mentha aquatica.

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sisymbrium sisymbria
Genitive sisymbriī
sisymbrī1		 sisymbriōrum
Dative sisymbriō sisymbriīs
Accusative sisymbrium sisymbria
Ablative sisymbriō sisymbriīs
Vocative sisymbrium sisymbria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References
  • sisymbrium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sisymbrium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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