noun · femininefirst declension
sclarēia
sclarēia f (genitive sclarēiae)
Meaning
- Medieval Latinclary sage
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sclarēia | sclarēiae |
| genitive | sclarēiae | sclarēiārum |
| dative | sclarēiae | sclarēiīs |
| accusative | sclarēiam | sclarēiās |
| ablative | sclarēiā | sclarēiīs |
| vocative | sclarēia | sclarēiae |
Origins
From earlier hastula rēgia (“asphodel plant”) via loss of /h/, aphaeresis of the first /a/, syncope of /u/, dissimilation of /tl/ to /kl/, and merger of intervocalic /ɡj/ with /j/ (not necessarily all in that order). Attested in an appendix to Gargilius (which may represent a late interpolation) as well as a variety of ninth-century works. The semantic change may be due to the resemblance of the floral spikes of the clary sage to those of the asphodel.
Italo-Western Romance
- Italianscarleggia
- Italianschiarea
- Italianscarlea
- Italiansclarea
- Lombardscarleza
- Lombardsclareza
- Venetanscarlegia
- Venetanscarleza
Elsewhere
- Frenchsclarée
- Englishclaryfrom Old French sclaree
- Portugueseesclarea
- Spanishesclarea
- Proto-West Germanic*skarlejā
- Proto-West Germanic*skaralejā
- Proto-West Germanic*sklaregā
Insular Romance
- Sardinianiscrareja
- Sardinianusciareu
- Sardinianscraria