ligusticum

See also: Ligusticum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λῐγῠστῐκόν (ligustikón, bastard lovage), from Λῐγῠστῐκός (Ligustikós, Ligurian), from Λῐ́γῠς (Lígus).

Noun

ligusticum n (genitive ligusticī); second declension

  1. A plant indigenous to Liguria; lovage.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ligusticum ligustica
Genitive ligusticī ligusticōrum
Dative ligusticō ligusticīs
Accusative ligusticum ligustica
Ablative ligusticō ligusticīs
Vocative ligusticum ligustica

Descendants

  • Italian: levistico, libistico
  • Old French: livesche, levesche, luvesche
    • French: livèche
    • Middle English: loveache (see there for further descendants)
  • Romanian: leuștean
  • Catalan: levístic
  • Proto-West Germanic: *lubistik, *libistik, *libistok, *lubistok (see there for further descendants)
  • Greek: λεβιστικό (levistikó)
  • Hungarian: lestyán
  • Portuguese: ligústica, levístico
  • Spanish: levístico
  • Swedish: libbsticka
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