digitalis

See also: digitális and Digitalis

English

Etymology

Modern Latin, from Latin digitālis (“of the fingers”) (named in reference to the German common name for the plant, Fingerhut (“thimble”)). Doublet of digital.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪdʒɪˈtɑːlɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪd͡ʒɪˈtælɪs/, /dɪd͡ʒɪˈteɪlɪs/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

digitalis (countable and uncountable, plural digitalises)

1. Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea).
   • 1834, James Moore, “Gardens of the Misses Garnier”, in The Gardener’s Magazine, and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement, volume 19, page 210:

     11. Delphiniums and digitalises.

   • 1836, Joseph Harrison, The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists’ Magazine, volume 4, page 133:

     At the Medico-Botanical Society on Tuesday, Dr. Morries, made some some observations on opium, digitales, conium, and hyoscyamus, and exhibited specimens of oils obtained from the latter plants.

   • 1903, American Florist, volume 19, page 555:

     Polemoniums of various species, aubretias, dwarf phloxes, delphiniums, digitalises, gerums, erigerons and a number of other things have bloomed a second time […]

2. (medicine) A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.
   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 188:

     ‘You very nearly died. I had to give you digitalis three times.’

   • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 25:

     The ancient remedy digitalis, extracted from the foxglove plant, for example, acts by blocking sodium channels in heart muscle, preventing potentially dangerous overactivity.

Related terms

• digitalize

Translations

genus

• Bulgarian: напръстник m (naprǎstnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛地黃／毛地黄 (zh) (máodìhuáng), 洋地黃／洋地黄 (zh) (yángdìhuáng)

• Finnish: sormustinkukat (fi) pl
• Galician: estalote (gl) m
• German: Fingerhut (de) m
• Greek: δακτυλίτιδα f (daktylítida)
• Italian: digitale (it) f
• Polish: naparstnica f
• Portuguese: digital (pt) f, dedaleira (pt) f
• Russian: наперстя́нка (ru) f (naperstjánka)
• Spanish: digital (es) f, dedalera (es) f
• Swedish: fingerborgsblomma (sv) c

extract

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洋地黃製劑／洋地黄制剂 (yángdìhuáng zhìjì)

• Finnish: digitalis
• Portuguese: digitalina f
• Spanish: digitalina f

References

• “digitalis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin digitālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiɡitɑ(ː)lis/, [ˈdiɡiˌt̪ɑ̝(ː)lis̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑlis
• Syllabification^(key): di‧gi‧ta‧lis

Noun

digitalis

1. digitalis (medical extract)

Declension

Inflection of digitalis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		digitalis	—
genitive		digitaliksen	—
partitive		digitalista	—
illative		digitalikseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		digitalis	—
accusative	nom.	digitalis	—
	gen.	digitaliksen
genitive		digitaliksen	—
partitive		digitalista	—
inessive		digitaliksessa	—
elative		digitaliksesta	—
illative		digitalikseen	—
adessive		digitaliksella	—
ablative		digitalikselta	—
allative		digitalikselle	—
essive		digitaliksena	—
translative		digitalikseksi	—
abessive		digitaliksetta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of digitalis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative digitalikseni — accusative nom. digitalikseni — gen. digitalikseni genitive digitalikseni — partitive digitalistani — inessive digitaliksessani — elative digitaliksestani — illative digitalikseeni — adessive digitaliksellani — ablative digitalikseltani — allative digitalikselleni — essive digitaliksenani — translative digitaliksekseni — abessive digitaliksettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative digitaliksesi — accusative nom. digitaliksesi — gen. digitaliksesi genitive digitaliksesi — partitive digitalistasi — inessive digitaliksessasi — elative digitaliksestasi — illative digitalikseesi — adessive digitaliksellasi — ablative digitalikseltasi — allative digitaliksellesi — essive digitaliksenasi — translative digitalikseksesi — abessive digitaliksettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative digitaliksemme — accusative nom. digitaliksemme — gen. digitaliksemme genitive digitaliksemme — partitive digitalistamme — inessive digitaliksessamme — elative digitaliksestamme — illative digitalikseemme — adessive digitaliksellamme — ablative digitalikseltamme — allative digitaliksellemme — essive digitaliksenamme — translative digitalikseksemme — abessive digitaliksettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative digitaliksenne — accusative nom. digitaliksenne — gen. digitaliksenne genitive digitaliksenne — partitive digitalistanne — inessive digitaliksessanne — elative digitaliksestanne — illative digitalikseenne — adessive digitaliksellanne — ablative digitalikseltanne — allative digitaliksellenne — essive digitaliksenanne — translative digitalikseksenne — abessive digitaliksettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative digitaliksensa — accusative nom. digitaliksensa — gen. digitaliksensa genitive digitaliksensa — partitive digitalistaan digitalistansa — inessive digitaliksessaan digitaliksessansa — elative digitaliksestaan digitaliksestansa — illative digitalikseensa — adessive digitaliksellaan digitaliksellansa — ablative digitalikseltaan digitalikseltansa — allative digitalikselleen digitaliksellensa — essive digitaliksenaan digitaliksenansa — translative digitaliksekseen digitalikseksensa — abessive digitaliksettaan digitaliksettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Further reading

• “digitalis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Latin

Etymology

digitus (“finger, toe”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /di.ɡiˈtaː.lis/, [d̪ɪɡɪˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.d͡ʒiˈta.lis/, [d̪id͡ʒiˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

digitālis (neuter digitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or belonging to the finger

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	digitālis	digitāle		digitālēs	digitālia
Genitive	digitālis			digitālium
Dative	digitālī			digitālibus
Accusative	digitālem	digitāle		digitālēs digitālīs	digitālia
Ablative	digitālī			digitālibus
Vocative	digitālis	digitāle		digitālēs	digitālia

Related terms

• digitābulum
• digitātus
• digitulus
• digitus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: dzidzitar, dzãdzãtar, dzedzãtar, dzedzutar
  • Romanian: degetar
• Dalmatian:
  • ziziul
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ditale
  • Sicilian: jitali, jiditali, jiritali
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: dedâl
  • Piedmontese: dil, di, dial (“finger”)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: deel
    • French: dé
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: didal
  • Occitan: dedal
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: didal

    Cheso: dital

  • Galician: dedal
  • Portuguese: dedal
  • Spanish: dedal
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: deidale, didale
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: digital
  • → English: digital, digitalis
  • → Friulian: digitâl
  • → French: digital, digitale
  • → Galician: dixital
  • → German: digital
  • → Italian: digitale
  • → Portuguese: digital
  • → Romanian: digital
  • → Spanish: digital

References

• “digitalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• digitalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• digitalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.