LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

abrotonum

abrotonum n (genitive abrotonī)
Classical[aˈbrɔ.tɔ.nũː]Ecclesiastical[aˈbrɔː.to.num]

Meaning

  1. neutersouthernwood (Artemisia abrotanum)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeabrotonum
habrotonum		abrotona
habrotona
genitiveabrotonī
habrotonī		abrotonōrum
habrotonōrum
dativeabrotonō
habrotonō		abrotonīs
habrotonīs
accusativeabrotonum
habrotonum		abrotona
habrotona
ablativeabrotonō
habrotonō		abrotonīs
habrotonīs
vocativeabrotonum
habrotonum		abrotona
habrotona

abrŏtŏnum (or better, hab-), i, n., abrŏtŏnus, i, m., = ἁβρότονον,
I. a plant of a pleasant, aromatic smell, southernwood; perh. Artemisia abrotonum, Linn.: abrotoni graves, Lucr. 4, 125; so m.: gravem serpentibus urunt abrotonum, Luc. 9, 921: abrotonum aegro non audet dare (as a medicine), Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; cf. Plin. 21, 10, 34, §§ 60 and 160; Scrib. Comp. 7 sq., 167.

Origins

From Ancient Greek ἀβρότονον (abrótonon, “wormwood, southernwood”), of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a substrate akin to Akkadian (𒀀)𒈬𒌨𒁲𒉡 ((a)murdennu, “thorned flower”).

Learned borrowings
  • Catalanabròtan
  • Frenchabrotonefrom Middle French abrotone
  • Portugueseabrótano
  • Spanishabrótano
  • Normanabrotone
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseabrótea
  • Portugueseabrótega
  • Portugueseabrótiga
  • Aragonesebroina
  • Galicianabrótea
  • Galicianabriota
  • Galicianabroita
  • Galicianabrota
  • Galicianabrótega
  • Galicianabrótiga
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanbroida
  • Occitanbroinafrom Old Occitan veroina
Italo-Romance
  • Italianabrotano
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchauronefrom Old French abroigne
  • Normanvrognefrom Old French abroigne
  • Bretonafronennfrom Old French abroigne
  • Dutchaveroenfrom Old French abroigne
Southern Romance
  • Sardinianpárdamu
Padanian
  • Piedmonteseaureul
  • Venetanambrógano
Ancient borrowings
  • Danishabrod
  • Old Englishaprotane
  • Finnishaaprotti
  • Proto-West Germanic*abrūtā
  • Proto-West Germanic*abrotā
  • Norwegian Bokmålabrodd
  • Norwegian Bokmålabrot
  • Swedishåbrodd

In English words that came into English from abrotonum

  • abrotanumabrotonum

Quick answers

What does abrotonum mean in Latin?
abrotonum, a noun, means “southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum)”.
What is the genitive of abrotonum?
The genitive singular is abrotonī. abrotonum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce abrotonum?
In classical Latin, [aˈbrɔ.tɔ.nũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈbrɔː.to.num].