nardum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnar.dũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnar.dum]

Etymology 1

See nardus f.

Noun

nardum n (genitive nardī); second declension

1. The plant nard
2. (with a modifier) any of various other plants considered to have similar properties to nard
   • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 12.47:

     Nardi vim habet et asarum, quod et ipsum aliqui silvestre nardum appellant.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. nard (oil or ointment derived from one of the above plants)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	nardum	narda
genitive	nardī	nardōrum
dative	nardō	nardīs
accusative	nardum	narda
ablative	nardō	nardīs
vocative	nardum	narda

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

nardum

1. accusative singular of nardus

Further reading

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