genesta

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

A loan of unclear origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷₑnestā, compared with Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos, bramble), though Beekes derives the latter from a Mediterranean loan (likely a substrate language).

Pronunciation

Noun

genesta f (genitive genestae); first declension

  1. broom (plant)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative genesta genestae
genitive genestae genestārum
dative genestae genestīs
accusative genestam genestās
ablative genestā genestīs
vocative genesta genestae

Descendants

References

  • genesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • genesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • genesta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 708/1.
  • genesta in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 2915–2916
  • Linguistic Society of America (1966): Language Monographs, p. 77