cyclaminos

Latin

Alternative forms

• cyclamen, cyclamīnon, cyclamīnum

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek κῠκλᾰ́μῑνος (kuklámīnos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ky.klaˈmiː.nos/, [kʏkɫ̪äˈmiːnɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.klaˈmi.nos/, [t͡ʃikläˈmiːnos]

Noun

cyclamīnos f (genitive cyclamīnī); second declension

1. cyclamen, sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium or Cyclamen repandum

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

   • AD 4th–5th CC., Marcellus Empiricus Burdigalensis (author), Georgius Helmreich (editor), De medicamentis in Marcelli de medicamentis liber (1889), chapter i: “Ad capitis dolorem”, § 7 (page 27, lines 11–14):

     Per nares ergo purgatur caput his rebus infusis per cornu, quod Graece rhinenchytes vocatur: Hederae suco per se vel betae suco cum exiguo flore aeris vel cyclaminis suco mixto lacte aut aqua pari mensura.

Usage notes

• Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; cyclaminos inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek κυκλάμινος.

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cyclamīnos	cyclamīnī
Genitive	cyclamīnī	cyclamīnōrum
Dative	cyclamīnō	cyclamīnīs
Accusative	cyclamīnon	cyclamīnōs
Ablative	cyclamīnō	cyclamīnīs
Vocative	cyclamīne	cyclamīnī

Descendants

• Italian: ciclamino
• → Ladin: ciclamin
• → Mòcheno: ciclamin
• ⇒ New Latin: cyclamen (see there for further descendants)

References

• “cyclămīnŏs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cyclămĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “460/3”
• “cyclamīnos” on page 480/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)