echios

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔχιος (ékhios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kʰi.os/, [ˈɛkʰiɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ki.os/, [ˈɛːkios]

Noun

echios f (genitive echiī); second declension

1. viper's bugloss, a plant which was taken as a remedy for the viper's bite

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	echios	echiī
Genitive	echiī	echiōrum
Dative	echiō	echiīs
Accusative	echion	echiōs
Ablative	echiō	echiīs
Vocative	echie	echiī

References

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