mentastrum

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Latin

Etymology

From ment(a) (mint) +‎ -astrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

mentastrum n (genitive mentastrī); second declension

  1. wild mint.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative mentastrum mentastra
genitive mentastrī mentastrōrum
dative mentastrō mentastrīs
accusative mentastrum mentastra
ablative mentastrō mentastrīs
vocative mentastrum mentastra

Descendants

  • Catalan: mendastre
  • Italian: mentastro

References

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