aloxinum

Latin

Alternative forms

aloxanum, aloxmum, aloxanus, alosanus

Etymology

Unknown[1]; possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλόη ὀξινης (alóē oxinēs, “bitter aloe”)[2][3], or perhaps Arabic الْإِسْفِنْط‎ (al-ʾisfinṭ, “vermouth, wormwood wine”)[4]. Alternatively borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *alahsinā (“wordwood”), if not the other way around[5].

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈlok.si.num/, [äˈɫ̪ɔks̠ɪnʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈlok.si.num/, [äˈlɔksinum]

Noun

aloxinum n (genitive aloxinī); second declension[6][4][7][8]

(Medieval Latin) absinthe, hydromel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aloxinum	aloxina
Genitive	aloxinī	aloxinōrum
Dative	aloxinō	aloxinīs
Accusative	aloxinum	aloxina
Ablative	aloxinō	aloxinīs
Vocative	aloxinum	aloxina

Descendants

Old Catalan: alosa
Old French: aluisne, aloisne, aloesne, aluesne, alogne
- Middle French: aluyne, aloine, aloinne
  - French: aluine
  - Norman: aliène
- Picard: aloine
- → Old Occitan: aluisne[2]
  - Occitan: aluisne
Old Spanish: alosna
- Spanish: alosna
- → Old Italian: alóscia[2]
- → Old Portuguese: alosna
  - Galician: alosna
  - Portuguese: lonsa[2]
→? Proto-West Germanic: *alahsinā[5] (see there for further descendants)

References

Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 33
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “alŏxĭnum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 346
Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “ALOJA”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, page 44
Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “aloxinium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 38
Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Alsem”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 22
Blaise, Albert (1975), “aloxinium”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (in Latin, French), Turnhout: Brepols, page 37
Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “aloxinum”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 43
Verhagen, Veerle Pauline (2016) The non-Latin lexis in the cooking terminology of Anthimus' De Observatione Ciborum (PhD Thesis)‎, Leiden University, pages 15-16

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 33

[FEW-2] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “alŏxĭnum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 346

[3] Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “ALOJA”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, page 44

[Niermeyer-4] Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “aloxinium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 38

[EWddS-5] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Alsem”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 22

[6] Blaise, Albert (1975), “aloxinium”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (in Latin, French), Turnhout: Brepols, page 37

[7] Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “aloxinum”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 43

[8] Verhagen, Veerle Pauline (2016) The non-Latin lexis in the cooking terminology of Anthimus' De Observatione Ciborum (PhD Thesis)‎, Leiden University, pages 15-16