LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

pānicum

pānicum n (genitive pānicī)
Classical[ˈpaː.nɪ.kũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaː.ni.kum]

Meaning

  1. Italian millet, foxtail millet (Setaria italica), panicgrass

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepānicumpānica
genitivepānicīpānicōrum
dativepānicōpānicīs
accusativepānicumpānica
ablativepānicōpānicīs
vocativepānicumpānica

pānĭcum, i, n.,
I. Italian panic-grass: panicum Italicum, Linn.; Caes. B. C. 2, 22; cf. Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 53.

Origins

Uncertain, probably either from pānis (“bread; loaf”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to graze; to protect; to shepherd”)) or pānus (“ear of millet; thread wound on a bobbin”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (“to twist; to weave”)) + -cum (suffix forming neuter nouns).

Elsewhere
  • Frenchpanic
  • Englishpanicfrom Middle English panik
  • Englishpanicumfrom Translingual Panicum
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianpărâng
  • Romanianpărinc
Italo-Romance
  • Italianpanico

In English words that came into English from pānicum

  • panicgrasspānicum
  • panicpānicum
  • panicumpānicum

Quick answers

What does pānicum mean in Latin?
pānicum, a noun, means “Italian millet, foxtail millet (Setaria italica), panicgrass”.
What is the genitive of pānicum?
The genitive singular is pānicī. pānicum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce pānicum?
In classical Latin, [ˈpaː.nɪ.kũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpaː.ni.kum].
Which English words come from pānicum?
English words that go back to Latin pānicum include panicgrass, panic and panicum.