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laurus.

laurel/bay tree/foliage/sprig/branch (medicine/magic); triumph/victory; honor;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈɫau̯.rʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈlaːu̯.rus]
  1. laurel tree

    declension-2 · feminine
  2. laurels; a crown of laurel

    declension-2 · feminine · metonymically
Where this word comes from

From Old Latin dacrus. Related to Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”), and likely borrowed there from an Aegean or Anatolian language. Together with the rare variation δαυχμός (daukhmós) and the name δαῦκος (daûkos), used for some umbelliferous plants, Beekes derives δάφνη (dáphnē) from *dakʷ-(n-). It is possibly related to Latin lacrima, dacrima and Ancient Greek δάκρυ (dákru, “tear, resin”), themselves from *dáḱru- and this from the compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (eye-bitter), due to its poignancy as firewood, or its gummy sap. Traditionally, δαῦκος has been connected with δαίω (daíō, “to kindle, burn”).

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