lychnis

See also: Lychnis

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪknɪs/

Noun

lychnis (plural lychnises)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Lychnis of flowering plants.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek λυχνίς (lukhnís, “shining”).

Noun

lychnis f (genitive lychnidis); third declension

  1. a kind of rose
  2. a kind of precious stone
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lychnis lychnidēs
genitive lychnidis lychnidum
dative lychnidī lychnidibus
accusative lychnidem lychnidēs
ablative lychnide lychnidibus
vocative lychnis lychnidēs

Etymology 2

Noun

lychnīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of lychnus

References

  • “lychnis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lychnis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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