marrubium
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marrubium (Marrubium vulgare)
See also: Marrubium
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
marrubium (plural marrubiums)
Latin
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Etymology
Said to be unknown,[1] but since it is a bitter plant the first part of it is easily identifiable as the Semitic word for “bitter”, Arabic مُرّ (murr) etc., unless it is the same word as treated under مَرْو (marw, “fragrant herbs”) ex Aramaic מַרְוָא / ܡܲܪܘܵܐ (marwā, “Origanum syriacum syn. Origanum maru”), whence Latin marum.
Noun
marrubium n (genitive marrubiī or marrubī); second declension
- horehound, a herb used against respiratory maladies
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | marrubium | marrubia |
| Genitive | marrubiī marrubī1 |
marrubiōrum |
| Dative | marrubiō | marrubiīs |
| Accusative | marrubium | marrubia |
| Ablative | marrubiō | marrubiīs |
| Vocative | marrubium | marrubia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- “marrubium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “marrubium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “marrubium”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 43