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Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek κῠκλᾰ́μῑνος (kŭklắmīnos).
Pronunciation
Noun
cyclamīnos f (genitive cyclamīnī); second declension
- cyclamen, sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium or Cyclamen repandum
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
- AD 4th–5th CC., Marcellus Empiricus Burdigalensis (author), Georgius Helmreich (editor), De medicamentis in Marcelli de medicamentis liber (1889), chapter i: “Ad capitis dolorem”, § 7 (page 27, lines 11–14):
- Per nares ergo purgatur caput his rebus infusis per cornu, quod Graece rhinenchytes vocatur: Hederae suco per se vel betae suco cum exiguo flore aeris vel cyclaminis suco mixto lacte aut aqua pari mensura.
Usage notes
- Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; cyclaminos inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek κυκλάμινος.
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
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