noun · femininefirst declension
glycyrrhīza
glycyrrhīza f (genitive glycyrrhīzae)
Classical[ɡly.kyrˈrʰɪz.za]Ecclesiastical[ɡli.t͡ʃirˈrid.d͡za]
Meaning
- licorice root
Quaedam rursus exiguo gustu famem ac sitim sedant conservantque viris, ut butyrum, hippace, glycyrriza;[…]
before 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, edited by Julius Sillig, C. Plini Secundi Naturalis historiae libri xxxvii, volume 2, Hamburg, published 1852, lib. xi, cap. liv, sect. 119, page 328:Alii eryngen falso eandem putavere esse et glycyrrizam, quare subiungi eam protinus refert.
before 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, edited by Julius Sillig, C. Plini Secundi Naturalis historiae libri xxxvii, volume 3, Hamburg, published 1853, lib. xxii, cap. ix, sect. 11, page 425:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | glycyrrhīza | glycyrrhīzae |
| genitive | glycyrrhīzae | glycyrrhīzārum |
| dative | glycyrrhīzae | glycyrrhīzīs |
| accusative | glycyrrhīzam | glycyrrhīzās |
| ablative | glycyrrhīzā | glycyrrhīzīs |
| vocative | glycyrrhīza | glycyrrhīzae |
glўcyrrhīza, ae, f., = γλυκύῤῥιζα,
I. licorice-root, Plin. 22, 9, 11, § 24.—Also called glўcyrrhīzon, i, n., = γλυκύῤῥιζον, Plin. 11, 54, 119, § 284 (called by Cels. 5, 23, dulcis radix).
Origins
- Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
- Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς(glŭkŭ́s)
- Latinglycyrrhīza
Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂dsder. Ancient Greek ῥῐ́ζᾰ (rhĭ́ză) Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza)bor. Latin glycyrrhīza Borrowed from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza), from γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) + ῥῐ́ζᾰ (rhĭ́ză).
Descendants
- Catalanregalèssiafrom Late Latin liquiritia
- Italianliquiriziafrom Late Latin liquiritia
- Old Frenchlicoressefrom Late Latin liquiritia
- Sicilianrigulizziafrom Late Latin liquiritia
- TranslingualGlycyrrhiza