Helicon

Helicon

1. A mountain of Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses.

• Heliconian

• Nichole, choline

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑλικών (Helikṓn).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛ.lɪ.koːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.li.kon]

Helicōn m sg (genitive Helicōnis); third declension

1. A mountain of Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Helicōnis
• Helicōnius

• “Helicon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Helicon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Helicon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.