allium

See also: Allium

English
Allium cepa (common onion)

Etymology

From Latin allium

Noun

allium (plural alliums)

  1. Any of many bulbous plants of the genus Allium, related to onions and garlic.

See also

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.li.um/, [ˈal.li.ũ]

Noun

allium n (genitive alliī); second declension

  1. late form of ālium (found since 1st century CE)

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative allium allia
Genitive alliī alliōrum
Dative alliō alliīs
Accusative allium allia
Ablative alliō alliīs
Vocative allium allia

References
  • allium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • allium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • allium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • allium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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