allium

See also: Allium

English

Allium cepa (common onion)

Etymology

From taxonomic name Allium, from Latin allium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæliəm/
• Rhymes: -æliəm

Noun

allium (plural alliums or allia)

1. Any of many bulbous plants of the genus Allium, including onions and garlic.

Usage notes

The English plural alliums is now preferred, over the Latinate allia.

Derived terms

• allicin
• alliin
• alliinase
• alliofuroside
• alliospiroside
• allisatin
• allithiamine
• allixin
• allyl

Further reading

• allium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• allium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:allium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

See ālium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈal.li.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈal.li.um]

Noun

allium n (genitive alliī or allī); second declension

1. late form of ālium (found since 1st century CE)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	allium	allia
genitive	alliī allī1	alliōrum
dative	alliō	alliīs
accusative	allium	allia
ablative	alliō	alliīs
vocative	allium	allia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “allium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “allium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “allium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “allium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers