Cinnamomum, pen prod. Plin. A lowe shrubbe, two cubites in beigth, hauing leaues like orgament: the rinde of it is that spice we call Cinamome.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
cinnămōmum, cinnămum, or cinnămon, i, n. (post-class. access. form cinnămus, i, m., Sol. 33, in the signif. of ll.), = kinnamwmon or ki/nnamon [], cinnamon: Laurus cinnamomum, Linn. (a). Cinnamomum, Plin. 12, 19, 42, 85 and 86. —As a term of endearment: tu mihi stacte, tu cinnamomum, tu rosa, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8.—(b). Cinnamum, Plin. 12, 19, 42, 86 sq.; Ov. M. 10, 308; Mart. 4, 13, 3; Stat. S. 4, 5, 32.—(g). Cinnamon, Prop. 3 (4), 13, 8; Luc. 10, 166.—II.Meton. for twigs of cinnamon; plur.: cinnama, Ov. M. 15, 399; 10, 308; id. F. 3, 731; Stat. S. 2, 6, 88; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 420.