helleborus

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See also: Helleborus

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑλλέβορος (helléboros).

Noun

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helleborus m (genitive helleborī); second declension

  1. A flowering evergreen plant, probably Helleborus foetidus or another hellebore

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative helleborus helleborī
genitive helleborī helleborōrum
dative helleborō helleborīs
accusative helleborum helleborōs
ablative helleborō helleborīs
vocative hellebore helleborī

Descendants

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  • Catalan: el·lèbor

References

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  • helleborus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • helleborus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • helleborus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.