allium
See also: Allium
English
Etymology
From translingual Allium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæliəm/
- Rhymes: -æliəm
Noun
allium (plural alliums or allia)
Usage notes
The English plural alliums is now preferred, over the Latinate allia.[1]
References
- ^ Plant Name Pluralisation, English Language & Usage
Further reading
- allium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- allium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:allium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin
Etymology
See ālium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈal.li.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.li.um]
Noun
allium n (genitive alliī or allī); second declension
- late form of ālium (found since 1st century CE)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | allium | allia |
genitive | alliī allī1 |
alliōrum |
dative | alliō | alliīs |
accusative | allium | allia |
ablative | alliō | alliīs |
vocative | allium | allia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “allium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “allium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- allium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “allium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers