rosmarinus

rosmarinus

See also: Rosmarinus and ros marinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• rōs marīnus
• marīnus rōs

Etymology

From rōs (“dew, moisture”) +‎ marīnus (“marine, of the sea”). Literally meaning "dew of the sea".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /roːs.maˈriː.nus/, [roːs.maˈriː.nʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ros.maˈri.nus/, [ros.maˈriː.nus]

Noun

rōsmarīnus m (variously declined, genitive rōrismarīnī or rōsmarīnī); third declension, second declension

1. rosemary

Inflection

Third declension, second declension. Case Singular Plural Nominative rōsmarīnus rōrēsmarīnī Genitive rōrismarīnī rōrummarīnōrum Dative rōrīmarīnō rōribusmarīnīs Accusative rōremmarīnum rōrēsmarīnōs Ablative rōremarīnō rōribusmarīnīs Vocative rōsmarīne rōrēsmarīnī

Second declension. Case Singular Plural Nominative rōsmarīnus rōsmarīnī Genitive rōsmarīnī rōsmarīnōrum Dative rōsmarīnō rōsmarīnīs Accusative rōsmarīnum rōsmarīnōs Ablative rōsmarīnō rōsmarīnīs Vocative rōsmarīne rōsmarīnī

Synonyms

• aposplēnos, libanōtis, macaerinthe (mentioned by Pseudo-Apulejus)

Hyponyms

• zēa (mentioned by Pseudo-Apulejus)

Descendants

• Asturian: romeru
• Breton: roumarin
• Catalan: romaní
• Dalmatian: lusmarin
• Esperanto: rosmareno
• French: romarin
• Friulian: osmarìn
• Galician: romeu
• German: Rosmarin
• Italian: rosmarino, ramerino

• Norman: romathîn
• Occitan: romanin
• Portuguese: rosmaninho
• Romanian: rozmarin
• Romansh: rosmarin
• Sardinian: romasinu
• Sicilian: rosamarina, rosmarina
• Spanish: romero
• Translingual: Rosmarinus
• Venetian: rosmarin, sgolmarin

References

• "Ros marinus, marinus ros, or in one word, rosmarinus" s.v. "rōs, rōris, m." in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rosmarinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1369
  ros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1369