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Latin
Etymology
Substantive from chelīdonius (“of or pertaining to a swallow”), from Ancient Greek χελῑδών (khelīdṓn, “swallow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
chelīdonia f (genitive chelīdoniae); first declension
- celandine, swallowwort
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “chelidonia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “chelidonia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “chelidonia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin