helxine

See also: Helxine

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑλξίνη (helxínē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /helkˈsiː.neː/, [hɛɫ̪kˈs̠iːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /elkˈsi.ne/, [elkˈsiːne]

Noun

helxīnē f (genitive helxīnēs); first declension

1. A kind of pellitory

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	helxīnē	helxīnae
genitive	helxīnēs	helxīnārum
dative	helxīnae	helxīnīs
accusative	helxīnēn	helxīnās
ablative	helxīnē	helxīnīs
vocative	helxīnē	helxīnae

References

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