alypon

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄλῡπον (álūpon).

Pronunciation

Noun

alȳpon n (genitive alȳpī); second declension

  1. A kind of plant

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative alȳpon alȳpa
genitive alȳpī alȳpōrum
dative alȳpō alȳpīs
accusative alȳpon alȳpa
ablative alȳpō alȳpīs
vocative alȳpon alȳpa

References

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