ligusticum

See also: Ligusticum

Latin

Alternative forms

Ligusticum (alternative case form)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λῐγῠστῐκόν (ligustikón, “bastard lovage”), from Λῐγῠστῐκός (Ligustikós, “Ligurian”), from Λῐ́γῠς (Lígus).

Noun

ligusticum n (genitive ligusticī); second declension

A plant indigenous to Liguria; lovage.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ligusticum	ligustica
Genitive	ligusticī	ligusticōrum
Dative	ligusticō	ligusticīs
Accusative	ligusticum	ligustica
Ablative	ligusticō	ligusticīs
Vocative	ligusticum	ligustica

Descendants

→ Catalan: levístic
→ Greek: λεβιστικό (levistikó)
Italian: levistico, libistico
Old French: livesche, levesche, luvesche
- French: livèche
- → Middle English: loveache, laveche, lofage, loufache, lovache, lovage, love ache, loveage
  - English: lovage
    - → Irish: luáiste
    - → Korean: 러비지 (reobiji)
  - → Middle Welsh: lwfaych
    - Welsh: lofatsh, lofaets, llwfach
→ Old High German: lubistechal
- Middle High German: liebstück, lübestecke
  - German: Liebstöckel
  - → Czech: libeček
  - → Polish: lubczyk
    - → Ukrainian: любисток (ljubystok)
      - → Russian: любисток (ljubistok)
→ Portuguese: ligústica, levístico
Romanian: leuștean
- → Hungarian: lestyán
→ Spanish: levístico
→ Swedish: libbsticka

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