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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γήθυον (gḗthuon).
Pronunciation
Noun
gēthyum n (genitive gēthyī); second declension
- A kind of onion, leek
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “gethyum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gethyum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.