apocynon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόκυνον (apókunon), from ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) and κυνός (kunós, “dog”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.ky.non/, [äˈpɔkʏnɔn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.t͡ʃi.non/, [äˈpɔːt͡ʃinon]

Noun

apocynon n (genitive apocynī); second declension

A little bone in the left side of the venomous frog
The dogbane

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	apocynon	apocyna
Genitive	apocynī	apocynōrum
Dative	apocynō	apocynīs
Accusative	apocynon	apocyna
Ablative	apocynō	apocynīs
Vocative	apocynon	apocyna

References

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

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