apocynon

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόκυνον (apókunon), from ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) and κυνός (kunós, “dog”).

Pronunciation

Noun

apocynon n (genitive apocynī); second declension

  1. A little bone in the left side of the venomous frog
  2. The dogbane

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative apocynon apocyna
genitive apocynī apocynōrum
dative apocynō apocynīs
accusative apocynon apocyna
ablative apocynō apocynīs
vocative apocynon apocyna

References

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