elaphoboscon

== Latin == === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek ἐλᾰφόβοσκον (elăphóboskon, “plant eaten by deer as an antidote against the bite of snakes”, “parsnip”, “Pastinaca sativa”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.ɫa.pʰɔˈbɔs.kɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.la.foˈbɔs.kon] === Noun === elaphoboscon n (genitive elaphoboscī); second declension wild parsnip eaten by deer (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type). ==== References ==== “ĕlăphŏboscon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ĕlăphŏboscŏn”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 579/2. “elaphoboscon” on page 597/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)