dictamnus

See also: Dictamnus

English

A Dictamus plant

Etymology

From Latin dictamnum. See dittany.

Noun

dictamnus (plural dictamnuses)

(botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (usually considered as the only species in the genus, until Dictamnus dasycarpus turned up), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
Synonyms: dittany, burning bush, gas plant, fraxinella

References

“dictamnus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /dikˈtam.nus/, [d̪ɪkˈt̪ämnʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dikˈtam.nus/, [d̪ikˈt̪ämnus]

Noun

dictamnus m (genitive dictamnī); second declension

Alternative form of dictamnum

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dictamnus	dictamnī
Genitive	dictamnī	dictamnōrum
Dative	dictamnō	dictamnīs
Accusative	dictamnum	dictamnōs
Ablative	dictamnō	dictamnīs
Vocative	dictamne	dictamnī

References

“dictamnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
dictamnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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