mandragoras

See also: mandrágoras

English

Noun

mandragoras

  1. plural of mandragora

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μανδραγόρας (mandragóras), probably from a non-Indo-European Pre-Greek/substrate. Or, possibly from Old Persian *merdum gija (, “plant of humans”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mandragorās m (genitive mandragorae); first declension

  1. mandrake

Inflection

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ās.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mandragorās mandragorae
Genitive mandragorae mandragorārum
Dative mandragorae mandragorīs
Accusative mandragorān mandragorās
Ablative mandragorā mandragorīs
Vocative mandragorā mandragorae

References
  • mandragoras in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mandragoras in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Old Spanish

Noun

mandragoras f pl

  1. plural of mandragora
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