ocimum

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Latin

Ocimum

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὤκιμον (ṓkimon).

Pronunciation

Noun

ōcimum n (genitive ōcimī); second declension

  1. basil (Ocimum basilicum)
    • c. 62 CE, Persius, Saturae 4.19–22:
      Ī nunc,
      'Dīnomachēs ego sum' sufflā, 'sum candidus.' Estō,
      dum nē dēterius sapiat pannūcia Baucis,
      cum bene discīnctō cantāverit ōcima vernae.
      Go now,
      puff yourself up, 'I am the son of Dinomache, I am shining.' Be then,
      while only wizened Baucis has worse sense than you,
      when she nicely sings her basils to some ragged slave.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative ōcimum ōcima
genitive ōcimī ōcimōrum
dative ōcimō ōcimīs
accusative ōcimum ōcima
ablative ōcimō ōcimīs
vocative ōcimum ōcima

References

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