LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

petroselīnum

petroselīnum n (genitive petroselīnī)
Classical[pɛ.trɔ.sɛˈliː.nũː]Ecclesiastical[pe.tro.s̬eˈliː.num]

Meaning

  1. rock parsley

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepetroselīnumpetroselīna
genitivepetroselīnīpetroselīnōrum
dativepetroselīnōpetroselīnīs
accusativepetroselīnumpetroselīna
ablativepetroselīnōpetroselīnīs
vocativepetroselīnumpetroselīna

Origins

Pre-Greekbor. Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros) Pre-Greekbor. Ancient Greek σέλινον (sélinon) Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon)bor. Latin petroselinum Borrowed from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”).

Insular Romance
  • Sardinianpadrusímula
  • Sardinianpedrusèmini
  • Sardinianpedrusìmula
  • Sardinianpedrusímulu
  • Sardinianperdusèmene
Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchpersilfrom Old French peresil
  • Italianpresilefrom Old French peresil
  • Walloonpierzinfrom Old French peresil
  • Middle Englishperselyfrom Old French peresil
  • Irishpeirsilfrom Old French peresil
  • Scottish Gaelicpairseilfrom Old French peresil
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Portugueseperrexilfrom Old Occitan peressil
  • Spanishperejilfrom Old Occitan peressil
  • Gasconpeirassilhfrom Old Occitan peressil
  • Aragoneseperexilfrom Old Occitan peressil
  • Aragoneseprexilfrom Old Occitan peressil
  • Asturianperexilfrom Old Occitan peressil
  • Asturianperrexilfrom Old Occitan peressil
  • Galicianperexilfrom Old Occitan peressil
  • Ladinopereshilfrom Old Occitan peressil
  • Ladinopirishilfrom Old Occitan peressil
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianpătrunjel
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianprezzemolo
  • Corsicanpetrusellu
  • Corsicanpitrusellu
  • Corsicanpursemu
  • Corsicanpursemulu
  • Neapolitanpetrosino
  • Neapolitanpetrosina
  • Neapolitanpetrusino
  • Maltesetursinfrom Sicilian pitrusinu
  • Venetanparsèmoło
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianpersembul
  • Ladinpetersil
  • Ladinpersemol
  • Romanshpeterschigl
Elsewhere
  • Esperantopetroselo
  • Hebrewפטרוזיליה
  • Hungarianpetrezselyem
  • Proto-West Germanic*petarsilljā
  • Serbo-Croatianpȇršin
  • Volapükpärjid

In English words that came into English from petroselīnum

  • parsleypetroselīnum

Quick answers

What does petroselīnum mean in Latin?
petroselīnum, a noun, means “rock parsley”.
What is the genitive of petroselīnum?
The genitive singular is petroselīnī. petroselīnum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce petroselīnum?
In classical Latin, [pɛ.trɔ.sɛˈliː.nũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pe.tro.s̬eˈliː.num].