cuminum
See also: Cuminum
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon, “cumin”), ultimately from Semitic.
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.
- Item centena cere zucarii piperis cumini amigdalarum & alome continet xiii. petras & dimid’ & quelibet petra continet viii. li.
- c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cumīnum | cumīna |
| Genitive | cumīnī | cumīnōrum |
| Dative | cumīnō | cumīnīs |
| Accusative | cumīnum | cumīna |
| Ablative | cumīnō | cumīnīs |
| Vocative | cumīnum | cumīna |
Descendants
- Catalan: comí
- English: cumin
- French: cumin
- Galician: comiño
- Italian: cumino
- Portuguese: cominho
- Spanish: comino
- Translingual: Cuminum
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