English[]
Etymology[]
From Latin absinthium < Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsinthion). The Ancient Greek word is of uncertain origin. May be from Persian اسپند (ispand), “‘wild rue’”). See also Absinthe on Wikipedia.
Noun[]
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Absinthium (-)
- Template:Plants The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
Latin[]
Alternative spellings[]
- apsinthium
Etymology[]
From Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsinthion), “‘wormwood’”).
Noun[]
absinthium (genitive absinthiī); n, second declension
- wormwood
- an infusion of wormwood sometimes masked with honey due to its bitter taste
- (figuratively) something which is bitter but wholesome
- c. 35-100 AD — Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, 3.1.5
- Sed nos veremur ne parum hic liber mellis et absinthii multum habere videatur
- But I fear that this book will have too little sweetness and too much wormwood.
- Sed nos veremur ne parum hic liber mellis et absinthii multum habere videatur
- c. 35-100 AD — Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, 3.1.5
- accusative singular of absinthium
- vocative singular of absinthium
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