Botanical Latin Translations

a project of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 84 - Hulls Cove, Maine  04644
info@vfthomas.com

(updated 17 January 2026)





Menispermum virginicum L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Menispermum virginicum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 340.
   today: The current name for this species is Cocculus carolinus (L.) DC.


original Latin diagnosis
Menispermum foliis cordatis peltatis lobatis.

English translation
Menispermum with leaf blades cordate [and] [with leaves] peltate [and] [with leaf blades] lobed.


English translation with commentary
Menispermum Menispermum
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
cordate cordatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective cordatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
[with leaves] peltate peltatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective peltatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
[with leaf blades] lobed. lobatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lobatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis


For a list of botanical Latin translations, please click here.         To access the Species Plantarum concordance, please click here.