helleborus

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See also: Helleborus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑλλέβορος (helléboros).

Noun

helleborus m (genitive helleborī); second declension

  1. A flowering evergreen plant, probably Helleborus foetidus or another hellebore

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative helleborus helleborī
Genitive helleborī helleborōrum
Dative helleborō helleborīs
Accusative helleborum helleborōs
Ablative helleborō helleborīs
Vocative hellebore helleborī

Descendants

  • → Catalan: el·lèbor

References

  • “helleborus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “helleborus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • helleborus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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