panax
See also: Panax
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.naks/
Usage notes
- The species of the plant is not clear. The seems to have been used by different classical authors to refer to a few different plants: all-heal, Ferulago galbanifera; Aesculapius' all-heal, Echinophora tenuifolia; centaury, Centaurea salonitana; feverfew, Centaurium erythraea; elecampane, Inula helenium; Chiron's all-heal, Mount Olympus Saint John's wort, Hypericum olympicum. Notably none of these are genus Panax.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | panax | panacēs |
| Genitive | panacis | panacum |
| Dative | panacī | panacibus |
| Accusative | panacem | panacēs |
| Ablative | panace | panacibus |
| Vocative | panax | panacēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Panax
References
- panax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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