allium

See also: Allium

English

Etymology

From translingual Allium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæliəm/
  • Rhymes: -æliəm

Noun

allium (plural alliums or allia)

  1. Any of many bulbous plants of the genus Allium, including onions and garlic.

Usage notes

The English plural alliums is now preferred, over the Latinate allia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Plant Name Pluralisation, English Language & Usage

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

See ālium.

Pronunciation

Noun

allium n (genitive alliī or allī); second declension

  1. 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