plumbago

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō (“type of lead ore”), from plumbum (“lead”).

Plumbago

Pronunciation

Noun

plumbago (countable and uncountable, plural plumbagos or plumbagoes)

  1. (botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort.
  2. (mineralogy, now chiefly historical) Graphite.

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Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Plumbago”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “plumbago”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō. See also plombagine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plœ̃.ba.ɡo/
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Noun

plumbago m (plural plumbagos)

  1. (botany) plumbago
    Synonym: dentelaire

Latin

Etymology

plumbum (“lead”) +‎ -āgō

Pronunciation

Noun

plumbāgō f (genitive plumbāginis); third declension

  1. graphite
  2. the color of graphite
  3. leadwort

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative plumbāgō plumbāginēs
genitive plumbāginis plumbāginum
dative plumbāginī plumbāginibus
accusative plumbāginem plumbāginēs
ablative plumbāgine plumbāginibus
vocative plumbāgō plumbāginēs

Descendants

References

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