noun · neutersecond declension
nāsturtium
nāsturtium n (genitive nāsturtiī or nāsturtī)
Classical[naːsˈtʊr.ti.ũː]Ecclesiastical[nasˈtur.t͡si.um]
Meaning
- cress
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nāsturtium | nāsturtia |
| genitive | nāsturtiī nāsturtī | nāsturtiōrum |
| dative | nāsturtiō | nāsturtiīs |
| accusative | nāsturtium | nāsturtia |
| ablative | nāsturtiō | nāsturtiīs |
| vocative | nāsturtium | nāsturtia |
nasturtĭum, ii, n. nasi-tortium,
I. a kind of cress:
nasturtium nomen accepit a narium tormento, Plin. 19, 8, 44, § 155; cf. id. 20, 13, 50, § 127: (Persas) negat Xenophon ad panem adhibere quicquam praeter nasturtium, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 99; poet. in plur., Verg. M. 84; Col. poët. 10, 231.Origins
From nāris (“nose”) + torquere (“to twist”).
Borrowings
- Englishnasturtiumfrom Old English nasturcium
- Catalannasturci
- Frenchnasturcefrom Middle French nasturce
- Frenchnasitortfrom Middle French naritort
- Italiannasturzio
- Occitannasitòrtfrom Old Occitan nazitort
- Spanishnasturcio
- Greekναστούρτιο
- Polishnasturcja
West Iberian
- Portuguesemastruço
- Portuguesemenstruço
- Spanishmastuerzofrom Old Spanish mastuerço
- Spanishnastuerzofrom Old Spanish mastuerço
- Asturianmastuerzo
- Galicianmestruzo
- Galicianmestranzo
Occitano-Romance
- Occitannastorfrom Old Occitan *nastorç
- Piedmontesenastórfrom Old Occitan *nastorç
Italo-Romance
- Galluresenastruzzufrom Corsican nastorciu
- Old Neapolitannasturçe
- Sicilianmastrozzu
Gallo-Romance
- Middle Frenchnastoisfrom Old French *mastois
- Walloonmastouchefrom Old French *mastois
Insular Romance
- Campidanesemartuzzu
- Logudoresenastruttu
In English words that came into English from nāsturtium
- nasturtiumnāsturtium
- nosesmartnāsturtium