cicuta
See also: Cicuta
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin cicūta. Apparently related to kex/kix.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /sɪˈkjuːtə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editcicuta (uncountable)
- (archaic) Hemlock.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection ii:
- cicuta, or hemlock, is a strong poison in Greece, but with us it hath no such violent effects […].
Anagrams
editCatalan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin cicūta. Doublet of ceguda.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcicuta f (plural cicutes)
- hemlock (Conium maculatum)
- Synonym: julivertassa
Further reading
edit- “cicuta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cicuta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “cicuta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cicuta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcicuta f (plural cicute)
- (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Cicuta: the Cicuta taxonomic genus
- water hemlock, cowbane (any poisonous plant of the genus Cicuta)
- hemlock (poison)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- cicuta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- cicuta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- cicuta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom the same substrate source as English kex, Cornish cegas, and Welsh cegid (“hemlock”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kiˈkuː.ta/, [kɪˈkuːt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈku.ta/, [t͡ʃiˈkuːt̪ä]
Noun
editcicūta f (genitive cicūtae); first declension
- a plant, poison hemlock, probably either Conium maculatum or Cicuta virosa
- the juice of the hemlock given to prisoners as poison
- a pipe or flute made from the stalks or stems of the hemlock
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | cicūta | cicūtae |
genitive | cicūtae | cicūtārum |
dative | cicūtae | cicūtīs |
accusative | cicūtam | cicūtās |
ablative | cicūtā | cicūtīs |
vocative | cicūta | cicūtae |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- North-Italian:
- Piedmontese: sùa
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References
edit- “cicuta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cicuta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cicuta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Siegfried, Miscellanea Celtica, p. 32
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin cicuta (“hemlock; pipe”). Compare the inherited doublet cegude.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editcicuta f (plural cicutas)
Further reading
edit- “cicuta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin cicuta (“hemlock; pipe”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈkuta/ [θiˈku.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈkuta/ [siˈku.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -uta
- Syllabification: ci‧cu‧ta
Noun
editcicuta f (plural cicutas)
- hemlock (poisonous plant)
Further reading
edit- “cicuta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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