solanum

See also: Solanum

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

solanum (plural solanums)

1. (botany) Any plant in the genus Solanum.
2. (East Africa) A traditional green vegetable in the genus Solanum, specifically Solanum nigrum, and sometimes Solanum macrocarpon, Solanum scabrum, and Solanum villosum.

Translations

East African traditional vegetable

• Kalenjin: isoiyot
• Kamba: kitulu
• Kikuyu: managu
• Luganda: nsugga
• Luhya: namasaka
• Luo: osuga
• Maasai: ormoni
• Russian: паслён (ru) m (pasljón)
• Swahili: mnavu
• Taita: ndunda

Anagrams

• monauls

Latin

Etymology

First used by Pliny. Possible etymologies include:

• sōl (“sun”) +‎ -ānus
• sōlor (“to comfort, soothe”) +‎ -nus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /soːˈlaː.num/, [s̠oːˈɫ̪äːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈla.num/, [soˈläːnum]

Noun

sōlānum n (genitive sōlānī); second declension

1. a plant: nightshade

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	sōlānum	sōlāna
genitive	sōlānī	sōlānōrum
dative	sōlānō	sōlānīs
accusative	sōlānum	sōlāna
ablative	sōlānō	sōlānīs
vocative	sōlānum	sōlāna

References

• “solanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• solanum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)