ellychnium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐλλύχνιον (ellúkhnion).

Noun

ellychnium n (genitive ellychniī or ellychnī); second declension

1. lamp-wick

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ellychnium	ellychnia
Genitive	ellychniī ellychnī1	ellychniōrum
Dative	ellychniō	ellychniīs
Accusative	ellychnium	ellychnia
Ablative	ellychniō	ellychniīs
Vocative	ellychnium	ellychnia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• licinium

Descendants

• Genovese: lexìn
• French: lumignon
• Italian: lucignolo

References

• “ellychnium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ellychnium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ellychnium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ellychnium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin