English

Noun

nardus ‎(uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The ointment nard.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John XII:

     Then toke Mary a pounde off oyntment called nardus, perfecte and precious, and anoynted Jesus fete, and wept his fete with her heer, and all the housse smelled off the savre off the oyntment.

2. (obsolete) The plant nard.
3. Mat-grass.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νάρδος ‎(nárdos).

Noun

nardus f ‎(genitive nardī); second declension

1. The ointment nard
2. The plant nard

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Italian: nardo

References

• nardus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nardus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• NARDUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nardus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.