dictamnum

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /dikˈtam.num/, [d̪ɪkˈt̪ämnʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dikˈtam.num/, [d̪ikˈt̪ämnum]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δίκταμνον (díktamnon).

Alternative forms

dictamnus

Noun

dictamnum n (genitive dictamnī); second declension

fraxinella, dittany

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dictamnum	dictamna
Genitive	dictamnī	dictamnōrum
Dative	dictamnō	dictamnīs
Accusative	dictamnum	dictamna
Ablative	dictamnō	dictamnīs
Vocative	dictamnum	dictamna

Descendants

Catalan: gitam
Old French: ditan
- → English: dittany
Italian: dittamo
Translingual: Dictamnus

Etymology 2

Inflected form of dictamnus.

Noun

dictamnum

accusative singular of dictamnus

References

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

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