gentiana

== Latin == === Etymology === Named after Illyrian king Gentius. This has been dismissed as folk etymology but the word may still ultimately be of Illyrian origin, as -an is a common suffix in Illyrian words. === Pronunciation === gentiāna: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛn.tiˈaː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒen.t͡siˈaː.na] gentiānā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛn.tiˈaː.naː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒen.t͡siˈaː.na] Hyphenation: gen‧ti‧ā‧na === Noun === gentiāna f (genitive gentiānae); first declension gentian (any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === Further reading === “gentiana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “gentiana”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.