sagapenum
English
Alternative forms
- sagapen
Etymology
From Latin sagapenon, sacopenium.
Noun
sagapenum (countable and uncountable, plural sagapenums)
- A yellow to brown bitter gum that derives from plants of the genus Ferula.
Translations
bitter gum
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See also
- asafetida
- galbanum
Latin
Alternative forms
- sacopēnium
- sagapēnon
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σαγάπηνον (sagápēnon), from Arabic سَكْبِينَج (sakbīnaj), from Persian سَكْبِينَهٌ.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sa.ɡaˈpeː.num/, [s̠äɡäˈpeːnʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.ɡaˈpe.num/, [säɡäˈpɛːnum]
Noun
sagapēnum n (genitive sagapēnī); second declension
- sagapenum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sagapēnum | sagapēna |
| Genitive | sagapēnī | sagapēnōrum |
| Dative | sagapēnō | sagapēnīs |
| Accusative | sagapēnum | sagapēna |
| Ablative | sagapēnō | sagapēnīs |
| Vocative | sagapēnum | sagapēna |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “سكبينج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- “sagapenon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 459–460
- sagapenum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette