hypericon

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See also: hypéricon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hypericon.

Pronunciation

Noun

hypericon (uncountable)

  1. Hypericum; St. John's wort.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112:
      In the event of anyone wishing to invoke the very Prince of Spirits, the following ingredients were prescribed to be burnt - Juice of Hypericon, Saffron, Artemisia, and the root of Valerian.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπερικόν (huperikón).

Pronunciation

Noun

hypericon n (genitive hypericī); second declension

  1. ground pine

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative hypericon hyperica
genitive hypericī hypericōrum
dative hypericō hypericīs
accusative hypericon hyperica
ablative hypericō hypericīs
vocative hypericon hyperica

Descendants

  • → English: hypericon
  • ⇒ French: péricon

References

  • “hypericon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hypericon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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