ocimum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ōcimus === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὤκιμον (ṓkimon). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈoː.kɪ.mũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.t͡ʃi.mum] === Noun === ōcimum n (genitive ōcimī); second declension basil (Ocimum basilicum) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “ocimum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ocimum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.