apocynon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόκυνον (apókunon), from ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) and κυνός (kunós, “dog”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.ky.non/, [äˈpɔkʏnɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.t͡ʃi.non/, [äˈpɔːt͡ʃinon]

Noun

apocynon n (genitive apocynī); second declension

1. A little bone in the left side of the venomous frog
2. The dogbane

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	apocynon	apocyna
genitive	apocynī	apocynōrum
dative	apocynō	apocynīs
accusative	apocynon	apocyna
ablative	apocynō	apocynīs
vocative	apocynon	apocyna

References

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