Sesamum

See also: sesamum

Translingual

Sesamum indicum - botanical features.

Etymology

From Latin sēsamum, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon).

Proper noun

Sesamum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pedaliaceae – sesame.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Pedaliaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sesamum indicum - type species; for other species see Sesamum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Sesamum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sesamum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sesamum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σήσαμον (Sḗsamon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.sa.mum/, [ˈs̠eːs̠ämʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.sa.mum/, [ˈsɛːs̬ämum]

Proper noun

Sēsamum n sg (genitive Sēsamī); second declension

1. A town in Paphlagonia, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sēsamum
genitive	Sēsamī
dative	Sēsamō
accusative	Sēsamum
ablative	Sēsamō
vocative	Sēsamum
locative	Sēsamī

References

• Sesamum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.