cicuta

See also: Cicuta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cicūta. Apparently related to kex/kix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪˈkjuːtə/
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Noun

cicuta (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Hemlock.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection ii:
      cicuta, or hemlock, is a strong poison in Greece, but with us it hath no such violent effects […].

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Catalan

Alternative forms

  • ceguda

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cicūta. Doublet of ceguda.

Pronunciation

Noun

cicuta f (plural cicutes)

  1. hemlock (Conium maculatum)
    Synonym: julivertassa

Further reading


Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cicūta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈku.ta/
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Hyphenation: ci‧cù‧ta

Noun

cicuta f (plural cicute)

  1. (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Cicuta: the Cicuta taxonomic genus
  2. water hemlock, cowbane (any poisonous plant of the genus Cicuta)
  3. hemlock (poison)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • cicuta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • cicuta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • cicuta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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Latin

Etymology

From the same substrate source as English kex, Cornish cegas, and Welsh cegid (hemlock).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kiˈkuː.ta/, [kɪˈkuːt̪ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈku.ta/, [t͡ʃiˈkuːt̪ä]

Noun

cicūta f (genitive cicūtae); first declension

  1. a plant, poison hemlock, probably either Conium maculatum or Cicuta virosa
  2. the juice of the hemlock given to prisoners as poison
  3. a pipe or flute made from the stalks or stems of the hemlock

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cicūta cicūtae
Genitive cicūtae cicūtārum
Dative cicūtae cicūtīs
Accusative cicūtam cicūtās
Ablative cicūtā cicūtīs
Vocative cicūta cicūtae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Albanian: kukutë
  • Andalusian Arabic: جقوطة (čuqūṭa, čaqūṭa)
  • Aromanian: cucutã
  • Catalan: ceguda, cicuta
  • French: ciguë
  • Galician: cicuta, cegude
  • Greek: κικούτα (kikoúta), κιρκούτα (kirkoúta)
  • Italian: cicuta
  • Old French: ceuë
    • French: çue, ceüe (dialectal)
    • Norman: chue, cheüe
  • Portuguese: cegude, cicuta, cigude
  • Romanian: cucută
  • Russian: цику́та (cikúta)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: ку̀кута
    Latin: kùkuta
  • Sicilian: cicuta
  • Spanish: cicuta
  • Translingual: Cicuta

References

  • cicuta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cicuta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cicuta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  1. Siegfried, Miscellanea Celtica, p. 32

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cicuta (hemlock; pipe). Compare the inherited doublet cegude.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈku.tɐ/

Noun

cicuta f (plural cicutas)

  1. hemlock (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Further reading

  • cicuta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cicuta (hemlock; pipe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈkuta/ [θiˈku.t̪a]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈkuta/ [siˈku.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Syllabification: ci‧cu‧ta

Noun

cicuta f (plural cicutas)

  1. hemlock (poisonous plant)

Further reading

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