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adonium
adonium
Latin
Alternative forms
- (type of meter): adōnidium
Noun
adōnium n (genitive adōniī or adōnī); second declension
- (possibly) a type of southernwood with a golden or bloodred flower (as if referring to the blood of Adonis)
- (possibly) a method of gardening
- (grammar, meter, verse) a Adonic verse, a verse composed of a dactyl and spondee
Usage notes
The precise meaning of adōnium as a botanical term is uncertain, though multiple meanings have been proposed.
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | adōnium | adōnia |
| genitive | adōniī adōnī1 |
adōniōrum |
| dative | adōniō | adōniīs |
| accusative | adōnium | adōnia |
| ablative | adōniō | adōniīs |
| vocative | adōnium | adōnia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- adōnium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ADONIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adonium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.