See also: Helleborus

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑλλέβορος (helléboros).

Noun edit

helleborus m (genitive helleborī); second declension

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

Declension edit

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 edit

  • Catalan: el·lèbor

References edit

  • 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.