ellychnium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐλλύχνιον (ellúkhnion).

Noun

ellychnium n (genitive ellychniī or ellychnī); second declension

  1. lamp-wick

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ellychnium ellychnia
Genitive ellychniī
ellychnī1		 ellychniōrum
Dative ellychniō ellychniīs
Accusative ellychnium ellychnia
Ablative ellychniō ellychniīs
Vocative ellychnium ellychnia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms
  • licinium

Descendants
  • Genovese: lexìn
  • French: lumignon
  • Italian: lucignolo

References
  • “ellychnium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ellychnium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “ellychnium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ellychnium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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