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noun · femininefirst declension

cōnferva

cōnferva f (genitive cōnfervae)
Classical[kõːˈfɛr.wa]Ecclesiastical[koɱˈfɛr.va]

Meaning

  1. conferva (a green freshwater alga, formerly regarded as an aquatic plant)
  2. consound (common comfrey, Symphytum officinale)
    A Graecis dicitur sinfitum, alii confirma, alii conserva, alii pecte, alii alum Gallicum.300 CE – 400 CE, Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarium 59.4

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecōnferva
cōnsolida		cōnfervae
cōnsolidae
genitivecōnfervae
cōnsolidae		cōnfervārum
cōnsolidārum
dativecōnfervae
cōnsolidae		cōnfervīs
cōnsolidīs
accusativecōnfervam
cōnsolidam		cōnfervās
cōnsolidās
ablativecōnfervā
cōnsolidā		cōnfervīs
cōnsolidīs
vocativecōnferva
cōnsolida		cōnfervae
cōnsolidae

conferva, ae, f. conferveo,
I. a kind of water plant (so called on account of its healing power), Plin. 27, 8, 45, § 69 (in App. Herb. 59 called consolida).

Origins

From cōnferveō (“to heal, grow together”) + -a, possibly via ellipsis of cōnferva herba f (“healing plant/herb”), with -a as the feminine form of the adjective-deriving suffix -us, -a, -um.

Descendants
  • Englishconferva
  • Englishcomfrey
  • Frenchconferve

In English words that came into English from cōnferva

  • confervacōnferva
  • consoundcōnsolida

Quick answers

What does cōnferva mean in Latin?
cōnferva, a noun, means “conferva (a green freshwater alga, formerly regarded as an aquatic plant); consound (common comfrey, Symphytum officinale)”.
What is the genitive of cōnferva?
The genitive singular is cōnfervae. cōnferva is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce cōnferva?
In classical Latin, [kõːˈfɛr.wa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koɱˈfɛr.va].