"asparagus" meaning in Latin

See asparagus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [asˈpa.ra.ɡʊs] [Classical-Latin], [äsˈpäː.rä.ɡus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Also found in Medieval Latin. From Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos), variant of ἀσφάραγος (aspháragos). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|ἀσπάραγος}} Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos) Head templates: {{la-noun|asparagus<2>}} asparagus m (genitive asparagī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|asparagus<2>}} Forms: asparagī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], asparagus [nominative, singular], asparagī [nominative, plural], asparagī [genitive, singular], asparagōrum [genitive, plural], asparagō [dative, singular], asparagīs [dative, plural], asparagum [accusative, singular], asparagōs [accusative, plural], asparagō [ablative, singular], asparagīs [ablative, plural], asparage [singular, vocative], asparagī [plural, vocative]
  1. asparagus; shoot, sprout-like asparagus, samphire Tags: declension-2, masculine

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "→ Albanian: shparg",
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      ],
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          "expansion": "→ English: asparagus",
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        }
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      "text": "→ English: asparagus"
    },
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        {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: asperge"
    },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: sparc, sparg"
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: espárrago"
    },
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          "expansion": "→ German: Spargel",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "→ German: Spargel"
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        }
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      "text": "→ Irish: asparagas"
    },
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          },
          "expansion": "Italian: asparago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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            "3": "espargo"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "3": "aspergia"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: spargia, aspergia"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Sicilian: spàraciu, spàriciu"
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "asparagōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asparagō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "asparagum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "asparagus<2>"
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          "english": "Then make little ditches to drop the asparagus roots into.",
          "ref": "c. 160 BCE, Marcus Porcius Cato, De agri cultura, archived from the original on 2022-04-03, chapter 161:",
          "text": "Deinde fossulās facitō, quō rādīcēs asparagī dēmittās.",
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          "english": "That in daily conversation he [Augustus] often and famously used certain [expressions], his own handwritten letters show; among these, … to express the speed of a thing done quickly, faster than asparaguses are cooked; …",
          "ref": "121 CE, Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, “Divus Augustus”, in De Vita Caesarum, chapter 87:",
          "text": "Cōtīdiānō sermōne quaedam frequenter et nōtābilius ūsurpāsse eum [Augustum], litterae ipsius autographae ostendunt, in quibus [...] ad exprimendam festīnātae reī vēlōcitātem, celerius quam asparagī cocuntur; [...]",
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        "asparagus; shoot, sprout-like asparagus, samphire"
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          "asparagus",
          "asparagus#English"
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          "shoot"
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äsˈpäː.rä.ɡus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "text": "→ Albanian: shparg"
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        {
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            "2": "espàrrec"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
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            "2": "asparagus",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ English: asparagus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: asparagus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "asperge"
          },
          "expansion": "French: asperge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: asperge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "fur",
            "2": "sparc",
            "3": "sparg"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: sparc, sparg"
    },
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            "1": "gl",
            "2": "espárrago"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: espárrago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: espárrago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "Spargel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Spargel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Spargel"
    },
    {
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            "2": "asparagas",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: asparagas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "asparago"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: asparago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: asparago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "szparag",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Polish: szparag",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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            "2": "esparga"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "3": "espargo"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "3": "spàriciu"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "2": "espárrago"
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        "plural"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "asparagōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asparagō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "asparagīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    {
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        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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              44
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          ],
          "english": "Then make little ditches to drop the asparagus roots into.",
          "ref": "c. 160 BCE, Marcus Porcius Cato, De agri cultura, archived from the original on 2022-04-03, chapter 161:",
          "text": "Deinde fossulās facitō, quō rādīcēs asparagī dēmittās.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
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              195,
              206
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              189,
              197
            ]
          ],
          "english": "That in daily conversation he [Augustus] often and famously used certain [expressions], his own handwritten letters show; among these, … to express the speed of a thing done quickly, faster than asparaguses are cooked; …",
          "ref": "121 CE, Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, “Divus Augustus”, in De Vita Caesarum, chapter 87:",
          "text": "Cōtīdiānō sermōne quaedam frequenter et nōtābilius ūsurpāsse eum [Augustum], litterae ipsius autographae ostendunt, in quibus [...] ad exprimendam festīnātae reī vēlōcitātem, celerius quam asparagī cocuntur; [...]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "asparagus; shoot, sprout-like asparagus, samphire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "asparagus",
          "asparagus#English"
        ],
        [
          "shoot",
          "shoot"
        ],
        [
          "samphire",
          "samphire"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[asˈpa.ra.ɡʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äsˈpäː.rä.ɡus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "asparagus"
}

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