helenium

See also: Helenium

English

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Ancient Greek ἑλένιον (helénion)bor.
Latin heleniumbor.
Translingual Heleniumbor.
English helenium

    Borrowed from Translingual Helenium.

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    Noun

    helenium (plural heleniums)

    1. Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.
      • 1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 16:
        Amongst the herbs to be administered when the charm was sung over him were a yew-berry, lupin, helenium, marsh mallow, dock elder, wormwood and strawberry leaves.
      • 2016, Nancy J. Ondra, The Perennial Matchmaker: Create Amazing Combinations with Your Favorite Perennials:
        Heleniums mostly have an upright habit, though the taller ones may need staking in spring or cutting back by half in early summer to stay that way.

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    Latin

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑλένιον (helénion), said to be named for Ἑλένη (Helénē) of Troy, who according to legend planted elecampane on the island of Pharos.[1][2]

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      helenium n (genitive heleniī or helenī); second declension

      1. elecampane (Inula helenium)

      Declension

      Second-declension noun (neuter).

      singular plural
      nominative helenium helenia
      genitive heleniī
      helenī1       		heleniōrum
      dative heleniō heleniīs
      accusative helenium helenia
      ablative heleniō heleniīs
      vocative helenium helenia

      1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

      Descendants

      • → Translingual: Helenium

      References

      • “helenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • “helenium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
      1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Helenium”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
      2. ^ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 426 Sneezeweed Helenium Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 886. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 377. 1754
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