helenium
See also: Helenium
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name.
Noun
edithelenium (plural heleniums)
- Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.
- 2016, Nancy J. Ondra, The Perennial Matchmaker: Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials:
- Heleniums mostly have an upright habit, though the taller ones may need staking in spring or cutting back by half in early summer to stay that way.
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- Helenium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Helenium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Helenium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἑλένιον (helénion), said to be named for Ἑλένη (Helénē) of Troy, who according to legend planted elecampane on the island of Pharos.[1][2]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /heˈle.ni.um/, [hɛˈɫ̪ɛniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈle.ni.um/, [eˈlɛːnium]
Noun
edithelenium n (genitive heleniī or helenī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | helenium | helenia |
Genitive | heleniī helenī1 |
heleniōrum |
Dative | heleniō | heleniīs |
Accusative | helenium | helenia |
Ablative | heleniō | heleniīs |
Vocative | helenium | helenia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
edit- Translingual: Helenium
References
edit- “helenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- helenium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- ^ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 426 Sneezeweed Helenium Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 886. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 377. 1754
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