conferva

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈfɜːvə/ === Noun === conferva (plural confervas or confervae or (obsolete) confervæ) (obsolete) Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “conferva”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Alternative forms === cōnfirma, cōnserva === Etymology === From cōnferveō (“to heal, grow together”) +‎ -a, possibly via ellipsis of cōnferva herba f (“healing plant/herb”), with -a as the feminine form of the adjective-deriving suffix -us, -a, -um. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõːˈfɛr.wa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koɱˈfɛr.va] === Noun === cōnferva f (genitive cōnfervae); first declension conferva (a green freshwater alga, formerly regarded as an aquatic plant) (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?) consound (common comfrey, Symphytum officinale) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (consound): cōnsolida ==== Descendants ==== → English: conferva, comfrey → French: conferve === References === “conferva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “conferva”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 384/1. “conferua” on page 398/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)