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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τορδῡ́λιον (tordū́lion), alternative form of τόρδῡλον (tórdūlon).
Pronunciation
Noun
tordȳlion n (genitive tordȳliī); second declension
- seed of seseli (Seseli spp.)
- hartwort (Tordylium spp.)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Descendants
References
- “tordylion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tordylion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.