dorycnion

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δορύκνιον (dorúknion, “Convolvulus oleaefolius”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /doˈryk.ni.on/, [d̪ɔˈrʏkniɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /doˈrik.ni.on/, [d̪oˈriknion]

Noun

dorycnion n (genitive dorycniī); second declension

1. a kind of poisonous plant

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type)

	singular	plural
nominative	dorycnion	dorycnia
genitive	dorycniī	dorycniōrum
dative	dorycniō	dorycniīs
accusative	dorycnion	dorycnia
ablative	dorycniō	dorycniīs
vocative	dorycnion	dorycnia

References

• “dorycnion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dorycnion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.