hermupoa

Latin

Alternative forms

hermūbotanē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑρμοῦ πόᾰ (Hermoû póa, literally “Hermes' grass”) and Ἑρμοῦ βοτᾰ́νη (Hermoû botánē, literally “Hermes' plant”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /herˈmuː.po.a/, [hɛrˈmuːpoä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /erˈmu.po.a/, [erˈmuːpoä]

Noun

hermūpoa f (genitive hermūpoae); first declension

The plant mercury

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hermūpoa	hermūpoae
Genitive	hermūpoae	hermūpoārum
Dative	hermūpoae	hermūpoīs
Accusative	hermūpoam	hermūpoās
Ablative	hermūpoā	hermūpoīs
Vocative	hermūpoa	hermūpoae

References

“hermupoa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
hermupoa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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