Polemonium

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Translingual

Polemonium caeruleum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολεμώνιον (polemṓnion).

Proper noun

Polemonium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Polemoniaceae – Jacob's ladder and related flowering plants.

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Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πολεμώνιον (Polemṓnion).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Polemōnium n sg (genitive Polemōniī or Polemōnī); second declension

  1. A town of Pontus situated at the mouth of the river Sidenus

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

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

References

  • Polemonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Polemonium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly