dracontium
English
Symplocarpus foetidus leaves out in mid-spring after the flowers have bloomed.
Etymology
From the genus in which Symplocarpus foetidus was formerly classified, Dracontium, from Latin dracontium (“dragon-wort”), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).
Noun
dracontium
- (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
References
Symplocarpus foetidus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Symplocarpus foetidus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /draˈkon.ti.um/, [d̪räˈkɔn̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /draˈkon.t͡si.um/, [d̪räˈkɔnt̪͡s̪ium]
Noun
dracontium n (genitive dracontiī or dracontī); second declension
- dragonwort (Dracunculus vulgaris, syn. Arum dracunculus)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dracontium | dracontia |
| Genitive | dracontiī dracontī1 | dracontiōrum |
| Dative | dracontiō | dracontiīs |
| Accusative | dracontium | dracontia |
| Ablative | dracontiō | dracontiīs |
| Vocative | dracontium | dracontia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- English: dracontium
- Translingual: Dracontium
- Spanish: draconcio
References
- “dracontium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dracontium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette