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Hyacinthus

Hyacinthus

See also: hyacinthus

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Hyacinthus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hyacinthaceae – the hyacinths.

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Hyacinthus

  1. (Greek mythology) A Spartan youth loved and accidentally killed by Apollo. The flower hyacinth sprang from his blood.

Translations

hyacinthus

hyacinthus

See also: Hyacinthus

Latin

Noun

hyacinthus m (genitive hyacinthī); second declension

  1. iris (plant)
  2. sapphire

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative hyacinthus hyacinthī
genitive hyacinthī hyacinthōrum
dative hyacinthō hyacinthīs
accusative hyacinthum hyacinthōs
ablative hyacinthō hyacinthīs
vocative hyacinthe hyacinthī

References

  • hyacinthus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hyacinthus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hyacinthus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray