ferula

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See also: Ferula and férula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ferula (giant fennel), whose stalks were once used in punishing schoolboys. Doublet of ferule.

Pronunciation

Noun

ferula (plural ferulas or ferulae)

  1. (obsolete) A ferule.
  2. (archaic) A stroke from a cane.
  3. (obsolete) The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire.

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Latin

Etymology

    Uncertain but perhaps connected to festūca (stalk, straw).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ferula f (genitive ferulae); first declension

    1. giant fennel (Ferula communis)
    2. a staff, stick, rod
    3. a splint
    4. the unramified horn of a young stag

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative ferula ferulae
    genitive ferulae ferulārum
    dative ferulae ferulīs
    accusative ferulam ferulās
    ablative ferulā ferulīs
    vocative ferula ferulae

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