alypon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄλῡπον (álūpon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈlyː.pon/, [äˈlʲyːpɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈli.pon/, [äˈliːpon]

Noun

alȳpon n (genitive alȳpī); second declension

1. A kind of plant

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	alȳpon	alȳpa
genitive	alȳpī	alȳpōrum
dative	alȳpō	alȳpīs
accusative	alȳpon	alȳpa
ablative	alȳpō	alȳpīs
vocative	alȳpon	alȳpa

References

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