LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

genesta

genesta f (genitive genestae)
Classical[ɡɛˈnɛs.ta]Ecclesiastical[d͡ʒeˈnɛs.ta]

Meaning

  1. femininebroom (plant)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegenestagenestae
genistae
genitivegenestae
genistae		genestārum
genistārum
dativegenestae
genistae		genestīs
genistīs
accusativegenestam
genistam		genestās
genistās
ablativegenestāgenestīs
genistīs
vocativegenestagenestae
genistae

gĕnesta or gĕnista, ae, f.,
I. the broomplant, broom, Verg. G. 2, 12; 434; Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 15; 24, 9, 40, § 65 al.

Origins

A loan of unclear origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷₑnestā, compared with Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos, “bramble”), though Beekes derives the latter from a Mediterranean loan (likely a substrate language).

Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchgenêtfrom Old French geneste
  • EnglishPlantagenetfrom Old French geneste
  • Catalanginesta
  • Catalangenesta
  • Catalanginestra
  • Occitanginèsta
  • Occitangenèsta
  • Franco-Provençalgenèta
  • Walloondjiniessefrom Old French geneste
  • Dutchginstfrom Old French geneste
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishginiestra
  • Portuguesegestafrom Old Galician-Portuguese geesta
  • Portuguesegiestafrom Old Galician-Portuguese geesta
  • Aragonesechinestra
  • Aragonesechinesta
  • Asturianxinesta
  • Leonesexinesta
  • Leonesexiniesta
  • Leonesexiniestra
  • Galicianxestafrom Old Galician-Portuguese geesta
Borrowings
  • Englishgenista
  • GermanGinsterfrom Old High German genestra
  • Spanishgenista
  • Swedishginstfrom Old High German genestra
Italo-Romance
  • Italianginestra
  • Corsicanghjinestra
  • Albaniangjineshtërfrom Italian ginestra
  • Albaniangjeshtërfrom Italian ginestra
  • Sicilianginestrafrom Italian ginestra
  • Neapolitanjenesta
  • Sicilianjilestra
  • Siciliangilestra
  • Venetanxanèstra
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianznèstra
  • Emilianzinèstra
  • Ligurianzenèstra
  • Lombardxenestra
  • Lombardxinesta
  • Lombardxinessa
  • Piedmonteseginèster
  • Piedmontesezënèstra
  • Piedmontesezinèstra
  • Piedmonteseznèsta

Quick answers

What does genesta mean in Latin?
genesta, a noun, means “broom (plant)”.
What is the genitive of genesta?
The genitive singular is genestae. genesta is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce genesta?
In classical Latin, [ɡɛˈnɛs.ta]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [d͡ʒeˈnɛs.ta].