hypericon
See also: hypéricon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hypericon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haɪˈpɜɹɪkɒn/
Noun
hypericon (uncountable)
- 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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hyˈpɛ.rɪ.kɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈpɛː.ri.kon]
Noun
hypericon n (genitive hypericī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hypericon | hyperica |
| genitive | hypericī | hypericōrum |
| dative | hypericō | hypericīs |
| accusative | hypericon | hyperica |
| ablative | hypericō | hypericīs |
| vocative | hypericon | hyperica |
Descendants
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.