hypericon

See also: hypéricon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hypericon.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haɪˈpɜɹɪkɒn/

Noun

hypericon (uncountable)

  1. Hypericum; St. John's wort.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112:
      In the event of anyone wishing to invoke the very Prince of Spirits, the following ingredients were prescribed to be burnt - Juice of Hypericon, Saffron, Artemisia, and the root of Valerian.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπερικόν (huperikón).

Pronunciation

Noun

hypericon n (genitive hypericī); second declension

  1. ground pine

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hypericon hyperica
Genitive hypericī hypericōrum
Dative hypericō hypericīs
Accusative hypericon hyperica
Ablative hypericō hypericīs
Vocative hypericon hyperica

Descendants
  • → English: hypericon
  • ⇒ French: péricon

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