anethum

See also: Anethum

Latin

Alternative forms

• anētum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνηθον (ánēthon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈneː.tʰum/, [äˈneːt̪ʰʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈne.tum/, [äˈnɛːt̪um]

Noun

anēthum n (genitive anēthī); second declension

1. dill
2. anise

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	anēthum	anētha
genitive	anēthī	anēthōrum
dative	anēthō	anēthīs
accusative	anēthum	anētha
ablative	anēthō	anēthīs
vocative	anēthum	anētha

Descendants

• → Italian: aneto
• → Middle French: anet, annet
  • French: anet, aneth
  • Middle English: anet, anete, annet, annete
    • English: anet
  • Early Scots: anet, anat, anethe, annat, annet, annot, ennet
    • Scots: anet
• → Old Catalan: anet
  • Catalan: anet
• → Old Occitan: anet
  • Occitan: anet
• → Portuguese: aneto
• → Spanish: aneto

*anētulum

• Portuguese: endro
• Old Spanish: aneldo
  • Spanish: eneldo
• Translingual: Anethum

References

• “anethum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “anethum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• anethum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.