LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

borāgō

borāgō f (genitive borāginis)
Classical[bɔˈraː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[boˈraː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. Medieval LatinBorago officinalis, borage

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeborāgōborāginēs
borrāginēs
genitiveborāginis
borrāginis		borāginum
borrāginum
dativeborāginī
borrāginī		borāginibus
borrāginibus
accusativeborāginem
borrāginem		borāginēs
borrāginēs
ablativeborāgine
borrāgine		borāginibus
borrāginibus
vocativeborāgōborāginēs
borrāginēs

Origins

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو الْعَرَق (ʔabū l-ʕaraq).

Elsewhere
  • Italianborragine
  • Italianborraggine
  • Frenchbourrachefrom Old French borage
  • Englishboragefrom Old French borage
  • Portugueseborragemfrom Old Galician-Portuguese *borragẽ
  • GermanBorretschfrom Middle High German boretsch
  • Irishborráistefrom Old French borage
  • Galicianborraxefrom Old Galician-Portuguese *borragẽ
  • Sicilianvurràniga
  • Bulgarianпореч
Old Occitan
  • Catalanborratja
  • Spanishborrajafrom Catalan borratja

Quick answers

What does borāgō mean in Latin?
borāgō, a noun, means “Borago officinalis, borage”.
What is the genitive of borāgō?
The genitive singular is borāginis. borāgō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce borāgō?
In classical Latin, [bɔˈraː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [boˈraː.ɡo].