LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

cinnamōmum

cinnamōmum n (genitive cinnamōmī)
Classical[kɪn.naˈmoː.mũː]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃin.naˈmɔː.mum]

Meaning

  1. cinnamon (plant and produce)
    Accipiunt sertas nardo florente coronas Et numquam fugiente rosa, multumque madenti Infudere comae quod nondum evanuit aura Cinnamon externa nec perdidit aera terraeThey received chaplets wreathed with the flowering nard, and the never-fading rose; and upon their dripping locks they poured forth plenteous cinnamon, that had not yet faded in the air nor lost its scent in a foreign land. The fresh amomum, too, of the adjacent harvests was brought.65 CE, Lucan, Pharsalia X v. 164–168 trans. Henry Thomas Riley p. 391
  2. figurativelya term of endearment

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecinnamōmumcinnamōma
cinamōma, cinnama
genitivecinnamōmī
cinamōmī, cinnamī		cinnamōmōrum
cinamōmōrum, cinnamōrum
dativecinnamōmō
cinamōmō, cinnamō		cinnamōmīs
cinamōmīs, cinnamīs
accusativecinnamōmumcinnamōma
cinamōma, cinnama
ablativecinnamōmō
cinamōmō, cinnamō		cinnamōmīs
cinamōmīs, cinnamīs
vocativecinnamōmumcinnamōma
cinamōma, cinnama

cinnămōmum, cinnămum, or cinnămon, i, n. (post-class. access. form cinnămus, i, m., Sol. 33, in the signif. of ll.), = κινναμωμον or κίνναμον [],
I. cinnamon: Laurus cinnamomum, Linn.
(a). Cinnamomum, Plin. 12, 19, 42, §§ 85 and 86. —As a term of endearment: tu mihi stacte, tu cinnamomum, tu rosa, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8.—
(b). Cinnamum, Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 86 sq.; Ov. M. 10, 308; Mart. 4, 13, 3; Stat. S. 4, 5, 32.—
(g). Cinnamon, Prop. 3 (4), 13, 8; Luc. 10, 166.—
II. Meton. for twigs of cinnamon; plur.: cinnama, Ov. M. 15, 399; 10, 308; id. F. 3, 731; Stat. S. 2, 6, 88; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 420.

Origins

From Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον (kinnámōmon). Possible to be explained as “Chinese amōmum”, that word however is of unknown origin.

Descendants
  • Englishcinnamonfrom Old French cinnamone
  • GermanZimtfrom Middle High German zinemīn
  • GermanZimmtfrom Middle High German zinemīn
  • GermanZimmetfrom Middle High German zinemīn
  • Italiancinnamomo
  • Japaneseシナモンfrom Old French cinnamone
  • Korean시나몬from Old French cinnamone
  • Māorihinamonafrom Old French cinnamone
  • Welshsinamonfrom Old French cinnamone
  • Scotssynomomfrom Old French cinnamone

In English words that came into English from cinnamōmum

  • cinnamoncinnamon
  • cinnamomiccinnamōmum

Quick answers

What does cinnamōmum mean in Latin?
cinnamōmum, a noun, means “cinnamon (plant and produce); a term of endearment”.
What is the genitive of cinnamōmum?
The genitive singular is cinnamōmī. cinnamōmum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce cinnamōmum?
In classical Latin, [kɪn.naˈmoː.mũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃin.naˈmɔː.mum].