noun · masculinesecond declension
intibus
intibus m or f (genitive intibī)
Classical[ˈɪn.tɪ.bʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈin.ti.bus]
Meaning
- femininemasculineendive, succory
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | intibus | intibī intiba, intuba, intubī, intyba, intybī |
| genitive | intibī intubī, intybī | intibōrum intubōrum, intybōrum |
| dative | intibō intubō, intybō | intibīs intubīs, intybīs |
| accusative | intibum | intibōs intiba, intuba, intubōs, intyba, intybōs |
| ablative | intibō intubō, intybō | intibīs intubīs, intybīs |
| vocative | intibe intube, intybe | intibī intiba, intuba, intubī, intyba, intybī |
intĭbus (intўbus or intŭbus), i, m. or f., or intĭbum (intўbum), i, n. ἔντυβον,
I. endive, succory (Cichorium, Linn.), Ov. M. 8, 666; Plin. 19, 8, 29, § 139:
intiba, Verg. G. 1, 120; 4, 120: edere acres intibos, Pomp. ap. Non. 209, 4 (Com. Fragm. v. 128 Rib.): torpenti grata palato intyba, Col. 10, 110.Origins
A Semitic borrowing, found in the same particular meaning in the Frahang-ī Pahlavīg, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic הּנְדְּבָא (hindəḇā), and Classical Syriac ܗܶܢܕܒܳܐ (hendǝḇā) and ܗܶܕ݁ܒܳܐ (heddəḇā), cognate to Arabic هَدَب (hadab, “twisted leaves or sprigs; cilium”). Compare also corylus and serpyllum for the unwarranted y in Latin.
Descendants
- Catalanendíviafrom Medieval Latin endivia
- Italianindiviafrom Medieval Latin endivia
- Italianendiviafrom Medieval Latin endivia
- Englishendivefrom Medieval Latin endivia
- GermanEndiviefrom Medieval Latin endivia
- Spanishendibiafrom Mozarabic anṭûbíya
- Byzantine Greekἔντυβον
- Swedishendivfrom Medieval Latin endivia
- Afrikaansandyviefrom Medieval Latin endivia
- Indonesianandéwifrom Medieval Latin endivia