noun · neutersecond declension
epithymum
epithymum n (genitive epithymī)
Meaning
- neuterepithyme, dodder parasite plant that affects thyme
Epithymum Graecum nomen, quod Latine dicitur flos thymi; nam flos Graece θύμον vocatur. "Epithymum" is a Greek name (called "the thyme flower" in Latin) as the plant is called thýmon in Greek.
c. 625 CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologies 17.9.13
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίθυμον (epíthumon).