different between hyacinthus vs hyacinth

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (huákinthos), but ultimately from a non-Indo-European Mediterranean language.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hy.a?kin.t?us/, [hyä?k?n?t???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.a?t??in.tus/, [i??t??in?t?us]

Noun

hyacinthus m (genitive hyacinth?); second declension

1. iris (plant)
2. sapphire

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: jacint
• English: hyacinth
• Spanish: jacinto
• Hungarian: jácint

References

• hyacinthus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hyacinthus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hyacinthus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English jacinth, partly from Old French jacincte, from Medieval Latin jacintus, and partly from Old English iacinþ, from Medieval Latin jacinthus, both from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”), ultimately from a non-Indo-European Mediterranean language. Re-Latinized in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha??s?n?/

Noun

hyacinth (plural hyacinths)

1. Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
2. A variety of zircon, ranging in color from brown, orange, reddish-brown and yellow; a jacinth.

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Hyacinth”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “hyacinth”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.