heliotropium

See also: Heliotropium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡλιοτρόπιον (hēliotrópion).

Noun

hēliotropium n (genitive hēliotropiī or hēliotropī); second declension

1. heliotrope (plant, stone)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hēliotropium	hēliotropia
Genitive	hēliotropiī hēliotropī1	hēliotropiōrum
Dative	hēliotropiō	hēliotropiīs
Accusative	hēliotropium	hēliotropia
Ablative	hēliotropiō	hēliotropiīs
Vocative	hēliotropium	hēliotropia

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

References

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