lychnis

See also: Lychnis

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪknɪs/

Noun

lychnis (plural lychnises)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Lychnis of flowering plants.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek λυχνίς (lukhnís, “shining”).

Noun

lychnis f (genitive lychnidis); third declension

1. a kind of rose
2. a kind of precious stone

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lychnis	lychnidēs
genitive	lychnidis	lychnidum
dative	lychnidī	lychnidibus
accusative	lychnidem	lychnidēs
ablative	lychnide	lychnidibus
vocative	lychnis	lychnidēs

Etymology 2

Noun

lychnīs

1. dative/ablative plural of lychnus

References

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