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noun · neutersecond declension

lāserpīcium

lāserpīcium n (genitive lāserpīciī or lāserpīcī)
Classical[ɫaː.sɛrˈpiː.ki.ũː]Ecclesiastical[la.s̬erˈpiː.t͡ʃi.um]

Meaning

  1. resin similar to asafoetida, obtained during Antiquity from an unidentified plant called silphium, probably close to the genus of plants Laserpitium.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelāserpīciumlāserpīcia
lāsarpīcia
genitivelāserpīciī
lāserpīcī, lāsarpīcī, lāsarpīciī		lāserpīciōrum
lāsarpīciōrum
dativelāserpīciō
lāsarpīciō		lāserpīciīs
lāsarpīciīs
accusativelāserpīciumlāserpīcia
lāsarpīcia
ablativelāserpīciō
lāsarpīciō		lāserpīciīs
lāsarpīciīs
vocativelāserpīciumlāserpīcia
lāsarpīcia

lāserpīcĭum (lāsarpīcĭum), ĭi, n.,
I. a plant, also called silphium, from which the laser was obtained, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 16; id. Stich. 2, 3, 11; Col. 6, 17, 7; Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 38; also the juice of the silphium, id. 20, 13, 51, § 141.

Origins

Descendants
  • TranslingualLaserpitium

In English words that came into English from lāserpīcium

  • laserpiciumlāserpīcium

Quick answers

What does lāserpīcium mean in Latin?
lāserpīcium, a noun, means “resin similar to asafoetida, obtained during Antiquity from an unidentified plant called silphium, probably close to the genus of plants Laserpitium.”.
What is the genitive of lāserpīcium?
The genitive singular is lāserpīciī. lāserpīcium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce lāserpīcium?
In classical Latin, [ɫaː.sɛrˈpiː.ki.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [la.s̬erˈpiː.t͡ʃi.um].