adonium
Latin
Alternative forms
- (type of meter): adōnidium
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈdoː.ni.um/, [äˈd̪oːniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈdo.ni.um/, [äˈd̪ɔːnium]
Noun
adōnium n (genitive adōniī or adōnī); second declension
Usage notes
The precise meaning of adōnium as a botanical term is uncertain, though multiple meanings have been proposed.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | adōnium | adōnia |
| genitive | adōniī adōnī1 |
adōniōrum |
| dative | adōniō | adōniīs |
| accusative | adōnium | adōnia |
| ablative | adōniō | adōniīs |
| vocative | adōnium | adōnia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “adōnium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- adonium 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)
- adonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.