clidion

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλειδίον (kleidíon).

Pronunciation

Noun

clīdion n (genitive clīdiī); second declension

  1. The collarbone of the tunny

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative clīdion clīdia
Genitive clīdiī clīdiōrum
Dative clīdiō clīdiīs
Accusative clīdion clīdia
Ablative clīdiō clīdiīs
Vocative clīdion clīdia

References

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