asphodelus

See also: Asphodelus

Latin

Alternative forms

asphodilus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos, “asphodel”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈpʰo.de.lus/, [äs̠ˈpʰɔd̪ɛɫ̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈfo.de.lus/, [äsˈfɔːd̪elus]

Noun

asphodelus m (genitive asphodelī); second declension

asphodel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	asphodelus	asphodelī
Genitive	asphodelī	asphodelōrum
Dative	asphodelō	asphodelīs
Accusative	asphodelum	asphodelōs
Ablative	asphodelō	asphodelīs
Vocative	asphodele	asphodelī

Synonyms

(asphodel): albutium (pure Latin)

Descendants

Medieval Latin: affodillus
- → Middle English: affodill
  - English: daffodil
Catalan: asfòdel
French: asphodèle
Galician: asfódelo
Italian: asfodelo
Occitan: asfodèl
Portuguese: asfódelo
Spanish: asfódelo
→ Translingual: Asphodelus

References

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

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