emplastrum

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “daub; salve”) which was introduced by Pedanius Dioscorides instead of older (Hippocrates) ἔμπλαστον (émplaston), substantivisation of ἔμπλαστος (émplastos, “daubed on”), from ἐμπλάσσω (emplássō, “daub on”), from ἐν- (en-, “on”) + πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”), of uncertain etymology. Related to Latin plastēs and plasticus.

Pronunciation

Noun

emplastrum n (genitive emplastrī); second declension

  1. (medicine) plaster, bandage
  2. (horticulture) piece of bark used in budding, scutcheon, shield

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative emplastrum emplastra
Genitive emplastrī emplastrōrum
Dative emplastrō emplastrīs
Accusative emplastrum emplastra
Ablative emplastrō emplastrīs
Vocative emplastrum emplastra

Descendants

References

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