ligustrum

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Etymology

From Latin ligustrum (“privet”).

Noun

ligustrum (plural ligustrums)

  1. Any of several shrubs, of the genus Ligustrum, widely used for hedges; privet

Latin

Etymology

From Ligus, Ligustia, older names for Liguria, from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus).[1]

Noun

ligustrum n (genitive ligustrī); second declension

  1. privet

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative ligustrum ligustra
genitive ligustrī ligustrōrum
dative ligustrō ligustrīs
accusative ligustrum ligustra
ablative ligustrō ligustrīs
vocative ligustrum ligustra

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “ligustro”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin ligustrum.

Noun

ligùstrum m (Cyrillic spelling лигу̀струм)

  1. privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
    Synonyms: kàlina, zȉmolez

References

  • “ligustrum”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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