callion

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάλλιον (kállion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.li.on/, [ˈkälːʲiɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.li.on/, [ˈkälːion]

Noun

callion n (genitive calliī); second declension

1. A plant also called vesicaria

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	callion	callia
Genitive	calliī	calliōrum
Dative	calliō	calliīs
Accusative	callion	callia
Ablative	calliō	calliīs
Vocative	callion	callia

References

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