lilium
See also: Lilium
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion). See there for more.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈliː.li.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.li.um]
- Hyphenation: li‧li‧um
Noun
līlium n (genitive līliī or līlī); second declension
- a lily
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | līlium | līlia |
| genitive | līliī līlī1 |
līliōrum |
| dative | līliō | līliīs |
| accusative | līlium | līlia |
| ablative | līliō | līliīs |
| vocative | līlium | līlia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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Descendants
- Borrowings
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References
- “lilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "lilium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.