cicuta
See also: Cicuta
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cicūta. Apparently related to kex/kix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪˈkjuːtə/
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Noun
cicuta (uncountable)
- (archaic) Hemlock.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection ii:
- cicuta, or hemlock, is a strong poison in Greece, but with us it hath no such violent effects […].
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Anagrams
- Ciutac
Catalan
Alternative forms
- ceguda
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cicūta. Doublet of ceguda.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /siˈku.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /siˈku.ta/
Noun
cicuta f (plural cicutes)
- hemlock (Conium maculatum)
- Synonym: julivertassa
Further reading
- “cicuta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cicuta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “cicuta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cicuta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cicūta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈku.ta/
- Rhymes: -uta
- Hyphenation: ci‧cù‧ta
Noun
cicuta f (plural cicute)
- (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Cicuta: the Cicuta taxonomic genus
- water hemlock, cowbane (any poisonous plant of the genus Cicuta)
- hemlock (poison)
Derived terms
- cicuta acquatica
- cicuta aglina
- cicuta di Socrate
- cicuta maggiore
- cicuta minore
- cicuta rossa
Further reading
- cicuta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- cicuta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- cicuta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
- cucita
Latin
Etymology
From the same substrate source as English kex, Cornish cegas, and Welsh cegid (“hemlock”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kiˈkuː.ta/, [kɪˈkuːt̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈku.ta/, [t͡ʃiˈkuːt̪ä]
Noun
cicūta f (genitive cicūtae); first declension
- a plant, poison hemlock, probably either Conium maculatum or Cicuta virosa
- the juice of the hemlock given to prisoners as poison
- a pipe or flute made from the stalks or stems of the hemlock
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cicūta | cicūtae |
| Genitive | cicūtae | cicūtārum |
| Dative | cicūtae | cicūtīs |
| Accusative | cicūtam | cicūtās |
| Ablative | cicūtā | cicūtīs |
| Vocative | cicūta | cicūtae |
Derived terms
- cicūticen
Descendants
- → Albanian: kukutë
- → Andalusian Arabic: جقوطة (čuqūṭa, čaqūṭa)
- Aromanian: cucutã
- Catalan: ceguda, cicuta
- French: ciguë
- Galician: cicuta, cegude
- → Greek: κικούτα (kikoúta), κιρκούτα (kirkoúta)
- Italian: cicuta
- Old French: ceuë
- French: çue, ceüe (dialectal)
- Norman: chue, cheüe
- Portuguese: cegude, cicuta, cigude
- Romanian: cucută
- Russian: цику́та (cikúta)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ку̀кута
- Latin: kùkuta
- Sicilian: cicuta
- Spanish: cicuta
- Translingual: Cicuta
References
- “cicuta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cicuta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cicuta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Siegfried, Miscellanea Celtica, p. 32
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cicuta (“hemlock; pipe”). Compare the inherited doublet cegude.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈku.tɐ/
Noun
cicuta f (plural cicutas)
- hemlock (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
Further reading
- “cicuta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cicuta (“hemlock; pipe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈkuta/ [θiˈku.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈkuta/ [siˈku.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -uta
- Syllabification: ci‧cu‧ta
Noun
cicuta f (plural cicutas)
- hemlock (poisonous plant)
Further reading
- “cicuta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014