hyoscyamus
See also: Hyoscyamus
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
hyoscyamus (countable and uncountable, plural hyoscyamuses or hyoscyami)
- (botany) Any of the genus Hyoscyamus of henbanes.
- (medicine) The leaves of black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectoral troubles.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hyoscyamus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῠ̔οσκῠ́ᾰμος (huoskúamos), from ὗς (hûs, “pig”) + κῠ́ᾰμος (kúamos, “bean”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hy.osˈky.a.mus/, [hyɔs̠ˈkyämʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.oʃˈʃi.a.mus/, [ioʃˈʃiːämus]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hyoscyamus | hyoscyamī |
| Genitive | hyoscyamī | hyoscyamōrum |
| Dative | hyoscyamō | hyoscyamīs |
| Accusative | hyoscyamum | hyoscyamōs |
| Ablative | hyoscyamō | hyoscyamīs |
| Vocative | hyoscyame | hyoscyamī |
Descendants
- → Catalan: jusquiam
- → French: jusquiame
- → Italian: giusquiamo
- → Occitan: jusquiam
References
- “hyoscyamus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hyoscyamus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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