chlorion

English

Noun

chlorion (plural chlorions)

1. (archaic) A chlorine ion.

Anagrams

• horcolin

Latin

chlōriōn (golden oriole)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χλωρίων (khlōríōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰloː.ri.oːn/, [ˈkʰɫ̪oːrioːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈklo.ri.on/, [ˈklɔːrion]

Noun

chlōriōn m (genitive chlōriōnis); third declension

1. a yellow bird, probably an Old World oriole, such as a golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	chlōriōn	chlōriōnēs
genitive	chlōriōnis	chlōriōnum
dative	chlōriōnī	chlōriōnibus
accusative	chlōriōnem	chlōriōnēs
ablative	chlōriōne	chlōriōnibus
vocative	chlōriōn	chlōriōnēs

See also

• chlōreus

References

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