helenium

See also: Helenium

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

helenium (plural heleniums)

1. Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.
   • 2016, Nancy J. Ondra, The Perennial Matchmaker: Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials:

     Heleniums mostly have an upright habit, though the taller ones may need staking in spring or cutting back by half in early summer to stay that way.

Synonyms

• sneezeweed

Further reading

• Helenium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Helenium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Helenium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑλένιον (helénion), said to be named for Ἑλένη (Helénē) of Troy, who according to legend planted elecampane on the island of Pharos.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /heˈle.ni.um/, [hɛˈɫ̪ɛniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈle.ni.um/, [eˈlɛːnium]

Noun

helenium n (genitive heleniī or helenī); second declension

1. elecampane (Inula helenium)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	helenium	helenia
Genitive	heleniī helenī1	heleniōrum
Dative	heleniō	heleniīs
Accusative	helenium	helenia
Ablative	heleniō	heleniīs
Vocative	helenium	helenia

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

Descendants

• Translingual: Helenium
• → Old English: elene
  • ⇒ Old English: horselene (see there for further descendants)

References

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