glechon

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γλήχων (glḗkhōn), the Ionic variant of βλήχων (blḗkhōn, “pennyroyal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡleː.kʰoːn/, [ˈɡɫ̪eːkʰoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡle.kon/, [ˈɡlɛːkon]

Noun

glēchōn m (genitive glēchōnis); third declension

1. pennyroyal

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	glēchōn	glēchōnēs
genitive	glēchōnis	glēchōnum
dative	glēchōnī	glēchōnibus
accusative	glēchōnem	glēchōnēs
ablative	glēchōne	glēchōnibus
vocative	glēchōn	glēchōnēs

Related terms

• glēchōnītes

References

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