Asparagus falcatus

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Asparagus falcatus L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Asparagus falcatus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 313 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
today: The current name for this species is Asparagus falcatus L.

original Latin description
Asparagus aculeis solitariis, foliis ensiformibus.

English translation
Asparagus with thorns soltary; [and] with leaf blades ensiform.

English translation with commentary

Asparagus Asparagus

with thorns aculeis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun aculeus, -i

solitary; solitariis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective solitarius, -a, -um; modifies aculeis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i

ensiform. ensiformibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective ensiformis, -is, -e; modifies foliis

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Asparagus	Asparagus
with thorns	aculeis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun aculeus, -i
solitary;	solitariis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective solitarius, -a, -um; modifies aculeis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
ensiform.	ensiformibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective ensiformis, -is, -e; modifies foliis