chelidonia

Latin

Etymology

Substantive from chelīdonius (“of or pertaining to a swallow”), from Ancient Greek χελῑδών (khelīdṓn, “swallow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰe.liːˈdo.ni.a/, [kʰɛlʲiːˈd̪ɔniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ke.liˈdo.ni.a/, [keliˈd̪ɔːniä]

Noun

chelīdonia f (genitive chelīdoniae); first declension

1. celandine, swallowwort

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	chelīdonia	chelīdoniae
genitive	chelīdoniae	chelīdoniārum
dative	chelīdoniae	chelīdoniīs
accusative	chelīdoniam	chelīdoniās
ablative	chelīdoniā	chelīdoniīs
vocative	chelīdonia	chelīdoniae

Related terms

• chelīdoniacus
• chelīdonius

References

• “chelidonia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “chelidonia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “chelidonia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin