amomum

See also: Amomum

English

Etymology

From Latin amomum.

Noun

amomum (plural amomums)

1. Any of several spices of genus Amomum, family Zingiberaceae, including cardamom.

Translations

any of several spices of genus Amomum

• Hawaiian: ʻamomo
• Polish: amomek m
• Portuguese: amomo m
• Tày: ca mèo, đảy
• Vietnamese: sẹ

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄμωμον (ámōmon).

Noun

amōmum n (genitive amōmī); second declension

1. amomum
2. balm containing this spice

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amōmum	amōma
Genitive	amōmī	amōmōrum
Dative	amōmō	amōmīs
Accusative	amōmum	amōma
Ablative	amōmō	amōmīs
Vocative	amōmum	amōma

Descendants

• Catalan: amom
• French: amome
• Galician: amomo
• Italian: amomo
• Portuguese: amomo
• Spanish: amomo
• Translingual: Amomum
• → English: amomum

References

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

Polish

Alternative forms

• amoen

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin amōmum, from Ancient Greek ἄμωμον (ámōmon). First attested in 1534.

Noun

amomum m animacy unattested

1. (Middle Polish) grains of paradise (Aframomum melegueta)

   Synonym: (modern) aframon madagaskarski

Declension

Attested forms of amomum

	singular	plural
nominative	amomum	—
genitive	amomu	—
dative	—	—
accusative	—	—
instrumental	—	—
locative	—	—
vocative	—	—

Related terms

noun

• amom
• amomek

 

References

• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “amomum”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]