cuminum
See also: Cuminum
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύμῑνον (kúmīnon, “cumin”), ultimately from Semitic. See cumin for more.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kuˈmiː.num/, [kʊˈmiːnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kuˈmi.num/, [kuˈmiːnum]
Noun
cumīnum n (genitive cumīnī); second declension
- cumin
- c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:
- Item centena cere zucarii piperis cumini amigdalarum & alome continet xiii. petras & dimid’ & quelibet petra continet viii. li.
- Futhermore, the hundred of beeswax, sugar, pepper, cumin, almonds, & alum contains 13½ stone & each such stone contains 8 lbs.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cumīnum | cumīna |
Genitive | cumīnī | cumīnōrum |
Dative | cumīnō | cumīnīs |
Accusative | cumīnum | cumīna |
Ablative | cumīnō | cumīnīs |
Vocative | cumīnum | cumīna |
Descendants
References
- “cuminum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cuminum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cuminum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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