callion

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάλλιον (kállion).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.li.on/, [ˈkälːʲiɔn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.li.on/, [ˈkälːion]

Noun

callion n (genitive calliī); second declension

A plant also called vesicaria

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	callion	callia
Genitive	calliī	calliōrum
Dative	calliō	calliīs
Accusative	callion	callia
Ablative	calliō	calliīs
Vocative	callion	callia

References

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

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