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English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
lolium (plural loliums)
- (botany) Any of the genus Lolium of ryegrasses.
- Synonym: ryegrass
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain.[1] Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (imitative root) as the plant was known to stun and cause vertigo. If so, related to lātrō, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
lolium n (genitive loliī or lolī); second declension
- darnel, tare, cockle, lolium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- North-Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 348
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading
- “lolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.