antirrhinon
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ρρῑνον (antírrhīnon, “calf’s snout”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /an.tirˈriː.non/, [än̪t̪ɪrˈriːnɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /an.tirˈri.non/, [än̪t̪irˈriːnon]
Noun
antirrhīnon n (genitive antirrhīnī); second declension
- snapdragon, antirrhinum, lion’s mouth, lion’s snap, calf’s snout (any plant of the genus Antirrhinum)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | antirrhīnon | antirrhīna |
| Genitive | antirrhīnī | antirrhīnōrum |
| Dative | antirrhīnō | antirrhīnīs |
| Accusative | antirrhīnon | antirrhīna |
| Ablative | antirrhīnō | antirrhīnīs |
| Vocative | antirrhīnon | antirrhīna |
Synonyms
- (any plant of the genus Antirrhinum): anarrhīnon
Descendants
- Translingual: Antirrhinum
- English: antirrhinum
- ?Italian: antirrino
References
- “antirrhīnon (-um)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- antirrhīnŏn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 137/2.
- “antirrīnum” on page 143/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)