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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιπακτίς (epipaktís).
Noun
epipactis f (genitive epipactidis); third declension
- helleborine
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “epipactis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- epipactis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.