allium
See also: Allium
English
Allium cepa (common onion)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæliəm/
- Rhymes: -æliəm
Noun
allium (plural alliums)
Further reading
allium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
allium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
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Latin
Etymology
See ālium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.li.um/, [ˈälːʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.li.um/, [ˈälːium]
Noun
allium n (genitive alliī or allī); second declension
- late form of ālium (found since 1st century CE)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | allium | allia |
| Genitive | alliī allī1 |
alliōrum |
| Dative | alliō | alliīs |
| Accusative | allium | allia |
| Ablative | alliō | alliīs |
| Vocative | allium | allia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “allium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “allium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- allium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “allium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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