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Noun

herba f ‎(plural herbes)

1. herb
2. grass
3. (slang) marijuana

Related terms

• herbaci
• herbós

Galician

Etymology

From Latin herba.

Pronunciation

Noun

herba f ‎(plural herbas)

1. herb (plant lacking wood)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‎(“to grow, become green”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈher.ba/

Noun

herba f ‎(genitive herbae); first declension

1. grass, herbage
2. herb
3. weeds

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (grass, herb): grāmen

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• herba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• herba in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• HERBA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “herba”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the vegetable kingdom: arbores stirpesque, herbae stirpesque (De Fin. 5. 11. 33)
    
  • the crop is in the blade: messis in herbis est (Liv. 25. 15)
    
  • your crop is still green, i.e. you are still far from your ambition: adhuc tua messis in herba est (proverb.)
    
• herba in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016