vaccinium
See also: Vaccinium
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name.
Noun edit
vaccinium (plural vacciniums)
- (botany) Any of the genus Vaccinium of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From vaccīnus (“relating to cows”), or a corruption of Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “dark red, purple”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯akˈkiː.ni.um/, [u̯äkˈkiːniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vatˈt͡ʃi.ni.um/, [vätˈt͡ʃiːnium]
Noun edit
vaccīnium n (genitive vaccīniī or vaccīnī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vaccīnium | vaccīnia |
| Genitive | vaccīniī vaccīnī1 |
vaccīniōrum |
| Dative | vaccīniō | vaccīniīs |
| Accusative | vaccīnium | vaccīnia |
| Ablative | vaccīniō | vaccīniīs |
| Vocative | vaccīnium | vaccīnia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
References edit
- “vaccinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vaccinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vaccinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Austin, Florida Ethnobotany