zizyphus

See also: Zizyphus

Latin

Alternative forms

• zīziphus, zīzifus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζίζυφον n (zízuphon). Latin zīzyphum denotes the fruit.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈziːz.zy.pʰus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪iːz̪d̪͡z̪ʏpʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zid.d͡zi.fus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪id̪ː͡z̪ifus]

Noun

zīzyphus f (genitive zīzyphī); second declension

1. jujube tree (Ziziphus jujuba)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zīzyphus	zīzyphī
Genitive	zīzyphī	zīzyphōrum
Dative	zīzyphō	zīzyphīs
Accusative	zīzyphum	zīzyphōs
Ablative	zīzyphō	zīzyphīs
Vocative	zīzyphe	zīzyphī

Descendants

• Medieval Latin: zizuphum, zizufum, zizupus, zuzipus
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Lombard: zeubia
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Gascon: josiba
    • Languedocien: zusuba
      • → French: jujube
        • → English: jujube
        • → German: Jujube
        • → Polish: jujuba
        • → Portuguese: jujuba
        • → Romanian: jujuba
        • → Russian: юю́ба (jujúba), жужу́ба (žužúba), жужу́б (žužúb)
  • ⇒ Medieval Latin: *zīzula, *zīnzula
    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: giuggiola, giuggiolo
      • Sicilian: nzìnzola
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Emilian: zozla, zézula, zizla, zezla
      • Ligurian: zìzoa
      • Lombard: sìsol
      • Piedmontese: zìzola
    • Occitano-Romance:
      • Aragonese: chinchol, chincholo
      • Catalan: gínjol
        • → Spanish: guinja, guinjo, guínjol, jinja, jinjo, jínjol
      • Occitan: chichola, chichorla, gijola, ginjorla
    • → Serbo-Croatian: žižula
• → Translingual: Zizyphus

References

• “zizyphus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• zizyphus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.