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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔχιος (ékhios).
Pronunciation
Noun
echios f (genitive echiī); second declension
- viper's bugloss, a plant which was taken as a remedy for the viper's bite
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
References
- “echios”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- echios in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.