elleborus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑλλέβορος (helléboros, “hellebore”).

Pronunciation

Noun

elleborus m (genitive elleborī); second declension

  1. hellebore, used as a remedy for mental illnesses
    Synonym: vērātrum

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative elleborus elleborī
genitive elleborī elleborōrum
dative elleborō elleborīs
accusative elleborum elleborōs
ablative elleborō elleborīs
vocative ellebore elleborī

References

  • “elleborus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “elleborus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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