helleborus

See also: Helleborus

Latin

Alternative forms

• helleborum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑλλέβορος (helléboros).

Noun

helleborus m (genitive helleborī); second declension

1. A flowering evergreen plant, probably Helleborus foetidus or another hellebore

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	helleborus	helleborī
Genitive	helleborī	helleborōrum
Dative	helleborō	helleborīs
Accusative	helleborum	helleborōs
Ablative	helleborō	helleborīs
Vocative	hellebore	helleborī

Descendants

• → Catalan: el·lèbor

References

• “helleborus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “helleborus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• helleborus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.