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Ferula
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Fer′u-la
,Noun.
[L.
ferula
giant fennel (its stalks were used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire
to strike; akin to OHG. berjan
, Icel. berja
. Cf. Ferule
.] 1.
A ferule.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
2.
The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
Definition 2024
Ferula
Ferula
Translingual
Proper noun
Ferula f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – many aromatic plants, including asafoetida.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Apiales - order; Apiaceae - family; Apioideae - subfamily; Scandiceae - tribe; Ferulinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ferula communis - type species; Ferula assa-foetida; for other species see Ferula at The Plant List
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English
Noun
ferula (plural ferulas)
- (obsolete) A ferule.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)
- (obsolete) The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire.
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps connected to festūca (“stalk, straw”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.ru.la/, [ˈfɛ.rʊ.ɫa]
Noun
ferula f (genitive ferulae); first declension
- cane
- giant fennel or its stalk
- vocative singular of ferula
ferulā f
- ablative singular of ferula
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ferula | ferulae |
| genitive | ferulae | ferulārum |
| dative | ferulae | ferulīs |
| accusative | ferulam | ferulās |
| ablative | ferulā | ferulīs |
| vocative | ferula | ferulae |
Descendants
References
- ferula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ferula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- FERULA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ferula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.