callion

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάλλιον (kállion).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.li.on/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.li.on/,

Noun

callion n (genitive calliī); second declension

A plant also called vesicaria

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	callion	callia
genitive	calliī	calliōrum
dative	calliō	calliīs
accusative	callion	callia
ablative	calliō	calliīs
vocative	callion	callia

References

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

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