LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

belladonna

belladonna f (genitive belladonnae)
Classical[bɛl.laˈdɔn.na]Ecclesiastical[bel.laˈdɔn.na]

Meaning

  1. New Latinfemininebelladonna (Atropa belladonna)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebelladonnabelladonnae
genitivebelladonnaebelladonnārum
dativebelladonnaebelladonnīs
accusativebelladonnambelladonnās
ablativebelladonnābelladonnīs
vocativebelladonnabelladonnae

Origins

Borrowed from Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Quick answers

What does belladonna mean in Latin?
belladonna, a noun, means “belladonna (Atropa belladonna)”.
What is the genitive of belladonna?
The genitive singular is belladonnae. belladonna is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce belladonna?
In classical Latin, [bɛl.laˈdɔn.na]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [bel.laˈdɔn.na].