pteris

See also: Pteris

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πτέρις (ptéris).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈptɛ.rɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈptɛː.ris]

Noun

pteris f (genitive pteridis); third declension

1. a species of fern
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.78:

     Felicis duo genera nec florem habent nec semen. pterim vocant Graeci, alii blachnon, cuius ex una radice conplures exeunt felices bina etiam cubita excedentes longitudine, non graves odore; hanc marem existimant. alterum genus thelypterim Graeci vocant, alii nymphaeam pterim; est autem singularis atque non fruticosa, brevior molliorque et densior, foliis ad radicem canaliculata.

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   • c. 400 CE, Marcellus Empiricus, De medicamentis 25:

     Herbae pteridis, id est filiculae, quae ratis Gallice dicitur, quaeque in fago saepe nascitur, radices tunsae in potione ieiuno dantur cum uino coxarum doloribus laboranti.

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   • c. 400 CE, Marcellus Empiricus, De medicamentis 28:

     Ad lumbricos eiciendos remedium mirum sic: Satureiae fascem bonum cum aquae III mittes in uas amplum et diligenter claudes. postera die colabis et addes pteridis tunsae et aloes tunsae diligenter dragmas binas et mellis despumati quod sufficiat.

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Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *pterellum, *pteridellum
  • Asturian: tarriellu

Adjective

pterīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of pterus

References

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