allium

See also: Allium

English

Allium cepa (common onion)

Etymology

From Latin allium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæliəm/
• Rhymes: -æliəm

Noun

allium (plural alliums)

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

Further reading

• allium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• allium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• allium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

See ālium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.li.um/, [ˈälːʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.li.um/, [ˈälːium]

Noun

allium n (genitive alliī or allī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	allium	allia
Genitive	alliī allī1	alliōrum
Dative	alliō	alliīs
Accusative	allium	allia
Ablative	alliō	alliīs
Vocative	allium	allia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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