amomum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin amomum. === Noun === amomum (plural amomums) Any of several spices of genus Amomum, family Zingiberaceae, including cardamom. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἄμωμον (ámōmon). === Noun === amōmum n (genitive amōmī); second declension amomum balm containing this spice ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “amomum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “amomum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “amomum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Polish == === Alternative forms === amoen === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin amōmum, from Ancient Greek ἄμωμον (ámōmon). First attested in 1534. === Pronunciation === (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /aˈmɔ.mum/ === Noun === amomum m animacy unattested (Middle Polish) grains of paradise (Aframomum melegueta) Synonym: (modern) aframon madagaskarski ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “amomum”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]