lepidium

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See also: Lepidium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεπίδιον (lepídion).

Noun

lepidium n (genitive lepidiī or lepidī); second declension

  1. A plant, garden cress, pepperwort, Lepidium sativum.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative lepidium lepidia
genitive lepidiī
lepidī1 		lepidiōrum
dative lepidiō lepidiīs
accusative lepidium lepidia
ablative lepidiō lepidiīs
vocative lepidium lepidia

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

References

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