helenium
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See also: Helenium
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
helenium (plural heleniums)
- Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.
- 2016, Nancy J. Ondra, The Perennial Matchmaker: Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials:
- Heleniums mostly have an upright habit, though the taller ones may need staking in spring or cutting back by half in early summer to stay that way.
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑλένιον (helénion), said to be named for Ἑλένη (Helénē) of Troy, who according to legend planted elecampane on the island of Pharos.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /heˈle.ni.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈle.ni.um/,
Noun
helenium n (genitive heleniī or helenī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | helenium | helenia |
| genitive | heleniī helenī1 |
heleniōrum |
| dative | heleniō | heleniīs |
| accusative | helenium | helenia |
| ablative | heleniō | heleniīs |
| vocative | helenium | helenia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Translingual: Helenium
References
- “helenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- helenium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Helenium”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
- ^ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 426 Sneezeweed Helenium Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 886. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 377. 1754