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noun · neutersecond declension

ligustrum

ligustrum n (genitive ligustrī)

Meaning

  1. neuterprivet

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeligustrumligustra
genitiveligustrīligustrōrum
dativeligustrōligustrīs
accusativeligustrumligustra
ablativeligustrōligustrīs
vocativeligustrumligustra

lĭgustrum, i, n.,
I. a plant, privet: alba ligustra cadunt, Verg. E. 2, 18: candidior folio nivei, Galatea, ligustri, Ov. M. 13, 789: loto candidior puella cygno, argento, nive, lilio, ligustro, Mart. 1, 116, 3.—
II. A plant, otherwise unknown, which, acc. to Pliny, was held by some to be the cyprus, Plin. 12, 24, 55, § 109; 24, 10, 45, § 74; 16, 18, 31, § 77.—To this perhaps may be referred ligustrum nigrum, Col. 10, 300.

Origins

From Ligus, Ligustia, older names for Liguria, from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus).

Descendants
  • Englishligustrum
  • Italianligustro
  • Spanishligustro
  • Greekλιγούστρο
  • Sicilianlijistru

In English words that came into English from ligustrum

  • ligustrumligustrum

Quick answers

What does ligustrum mean in Latin?
ligustrum, a noun, means “privet”.
What is the genitive of ligustrum?
The genitive singular is ligustrī. ligustrum is neuter, second declension.