LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

carpasum

carpasum n (genitive carpasī)
Classical[ˈkar.pa.sũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkar.pa.s̬um]

Meaning

  1. neuteran unknown poisonous plant, whose venom was held to be neutralised by a broth of sea-urchins; perhaps European white hellebore (Veratrum album)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecarpasumcarpasa
carpatha
genitivecarpasī
carpathī		carpasōrum
carpathōrum
dativecarpasō
carpathō		carpasīs
carpathīs
accusativecarpasumcarpasa
carpatha
ablativecarpasō
carpathō		carpasīs
carpathīs
vocativecarpasumcarpasa
carpatha

carpăsum, i, n., = κάρπασον,
I. a plant with narcotic juice, Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7; Col. 10, 17; the same, called carpăthĭum, Plin. 32, 5, 20, § 58.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάρπασον (kárpason, “white hellebore”).

Quick answers

What does carpasum mean in Latin?
carpasum, a noun, means “an unknown poisonous plant, whose venom was held to be neutralised by a broth of sea-urchins; perhaps European white hellebore (Veratrum album)”.
What is the genitive of carpasum?
The genitive singular is carpasī. carpasum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce carpasum?
In classical Latin, [ˈkar.pa.sũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkar.pa.s̬um].