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Cuminum

Cuminum

See also: cuminum

Translingual

Cuminum cyminum

Proper noun

Cuminum n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae cumin and similar spices.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

cuminum

cuminum

See also: Cuminum

Latin

Noun

cumīnum n (genitive cumīnī); second declension

  1. cumin
    • c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris
      Item centena cere zucarii piperis cumini amigdalarum & alome continet xiii. petras & dimid’ & quelibet petra continet viii. li.
      Futhermore, the hundred of beeswax, sugar, pepper, cumin, almonds, & alum contains 13½ stone & each such stone contains 8 lbs.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cumīnum cumīna
genitive cumīnī cumīnōrum
dative cumīnō cumīnīs
accusative cumīnum cumīna
ablative cumīnō cumīnīs
vocative cumīnum cumīna

Descendants

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