Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Mandragora f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – the mandrakes.

See also

• See Wikipedia for species

English

Noun

mandragora ‎(countable and uncountable, plural mandragoras)

1. Mandrake; often specifically mandrake root, traditionally used as a narcotic.
   • 1933, H.L. Mencken, “The Coolidge Mystery”, in H.L. Mencken On Politics, published 1996, ISBN 0801853427, page 136:

     The worst fodder for a President is not poppy and mandragora, but strychnine and adrenalin.

2. A kind of tiny dragon immune to fire.

Synonyms

• (mandrake plant): mandrake
• (dragon): mandrake

Italian

Noun

mandragora f ‎(plural mandragore)

1. mandrake

Synonyms

• mandragola

Latin

Noun

mandragorā

1. ablative singular of mandragorās
2. vocative singular of mandragorās

References

• MANDRAGORA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• mandragola

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mandragorān, accusative of mandragorās, from Ancient Greek μανδραγόρας ‎(mandragóras).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mãnˈdɾa.ɡo.ɾa]

Noun

mandragora f (plural mandragoras)

1. mandrake

   • Et ſu uertud ſe mueſtra contra los otros toſſicos. ſi non contra aquellos que naſcen de tierra. por que ſon de natura frios. aſſi como mandragoras. o bellinno, o otras coſas que ſon daquella natura.

     And its virtue is shown against the other poisons, those that sprout from the earth, because they are cold by nature; such as mandrakes, or henbane or other things of that nature.

Descendants

• Spanish: mandrágora

Polish

mandragora

Noun

mandragora f

1. mandrake (plant)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mandrǎɡora/
• Hyphenation: man‧dra‧go‧ra

Noun

mandràgora f ‎(Cyrillic spelling мандра̀гора)

1. mandrake

Declension