dracontium

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English

Symplocarpus foetidus leaves out in mid-spring after the flowers have bloomed.

Etymology

From the genus in which Symplocarpus foetidus was formerly classified, Dracontium, from Latin dracontium (“dragon-wort”), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).

Noun

dracontium

  1. (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus

References

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).

Pronunciation

Noun

dracontium n (genitive dracontiī or dracontī); second declension

  1. dragonwort (Dracunculus vulgaris, syn. Arum dracunculus)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative dracontium dracontia
genitive dracontiī
dracontī1 		dracontiōrum
dative dracontiō dracontiīs
accusative dracontium dracontia
ablative dracontiō dracontiīs
vocative dracontium dracontia

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

Descendants

  • English: dracontium
  • Translingual: Dracontium
  • Spanish: draconcio

References

  • “dracontium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dracontium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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