elleborus

Latin

Alternative forms

• helleborus
• elleborum, helleborum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑλλέβορος (helléboros, “hellebore”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /elˈle.bo.rus/, [ɛlˈlʲɛbɔrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /elˈle.bo.rus/, [elˈlɛːborus]

Noun

elleborus m (genitive elleborī); second declension

1. hellebore, used as a remedy for mental illnesses

   Synonym: vērātrum

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	elleborus	elleborī
genitive	elleborī	elleborōrum
dative	elleborō	elleborīs
accusative	elleborum	elleborōs
ablative	elleborō	elleborīs
vocative	ellebore	elleborī

References

• “elleborus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “elleborus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers