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English
Proper noun
Helicon
- A mountain of Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses.
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑλικών (Helikṓn).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Helicōn m sg (genitive Helicōnis); third declension
- A mountain of Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Helicon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Helicon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Helicon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.