"mandragoras" meaning in Latin

See mandragoras in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [manˈdra.ɡɔ.raːs] [Classical-Latin], [manˈdraː.ɡo.ras] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς (măndrăgórās), probably from a non-Indo-European Pre-Greek/substrate, or possibly from Old Persian *merdum gija (“plant of humans”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς|}} Ancient Greek μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς (măndrăgórās), {{der|la|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{der|la|qfa-sub|-}} substrate, {{der|la|peo|*merdum gija||plant of humans}} Old Persian *merdum gija (“plant of humans”) Head templates: {{la-noun|mandragorās<1>}} mandragorās m (genitive mandragorae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mandragorās<1>}} Forms: mandragorās [canonical, masculine], mandragorae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mandragorās [nominative, singular], mandragorae [nominative, plural], mandragorae [genitive, singular], mandragorārum [genitive, plural], mandragorae [dative, singular], mandragorīs [dative, plural], mandragorān [accusative, singular], mandragorās [accusative, plural], mandragorā [ablative, singular], mandragorīs [ablative, plural], mandragorā [singular, vocative], mandragorae [plural, vocative]
  1. mandrake Tags: declension-1
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}

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