callipetalon
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek καλλιπέταλον (kallipétalon).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kal.lɪˈpɛ.ta.ɫɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kal.liˈpɛː.t̪a.lon]
Noun
callipetalon n (genitive callipetalī); second declension
- cinquefoil (plant of the genus Potentilla)
- Synonym: quīnquefolium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | callipetalon | callipetala |
| genitive | callipetalī | callipetalōrum |
| dative | callipetalō | callipetalīs |
| accusative | callipetalon | callipetala |
| ablative | callipetalō | callipetalīs |
| vocative | callipetalon | callipetala |
Further reading
- “callipetalon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- callipetalon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.