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Conferva
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Con-fer′va
,Noun.
pl.
Confervæ
(#)
. [L., a kind of water plant. See
Comfrey
.] (Bot.)
Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.
Definition 2024
conferva
conferva
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈfer.wa/, [kõːˈfɛr.wa]
Noun
cōnferva f (genitive cōnfervae); first declension
- conferva (a green freshwater alga, formerly regarded as an aquatic plant)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
- consound (common comfrey, Symphytum officinale)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pseudo-Apuleius to this entry?)
Declension
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnferva | cōnfervae |
| genitive | cōnfervae | cōnfervārum |
| dative | cōnfervae | cōnfervīs |
| accusative | cōnfervam | cōnfervās |
| ablative | cōnfervā | cōnfervīs |
| vocative | cōnferva | cōnfervae |
Synonyms
- (consound): cōnsolida
Descendants
References
- conferva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “conferva”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 384/1.
- “conferua” on page 398/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)