laserpicium
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laː.serˈpiː.ki.um/, [ɫ̪äːs̠ɛrˈpiːkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /la.serˈpi.t͡ʃi.um/, [läs̬erˈpiːt͡ʃium]
Noun
lāserpīcium n (genitive lāserpīciī or lāserpīcī); second declension
- resin similar to asafoetida, obtained during Antiquity from an unidentified plant called silphium, probably close to the genus of plants Laserpitium.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with Laserpitium.
Declension
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Laserpitium
References
- “laserpicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- laserpicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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