Piper distachya

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Piper distachyon L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Piper distachyon in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 30.
today: The current name for this species is Piper distachya (L.) A. Dietr.

original Latin diagnosis
Piper foliis ovatis, spicis conjugatis.

English translation
Piper with leaves blades ovate [and] with spikes connected.

English translation with commentary

Piper Piper

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

ovate ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

with spikes spicis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae

connected. conjugatis - ablative plural feminine of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb conjugo, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies spicis

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Piper	Piper
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
ovate	ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with spikes	spicis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae
connected.	conjugatis - ablative plural feminine of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb conjugo, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies spicis