lilium

See also: Lilium

Latin

līlium (a lily)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), probably a corrupted pronunciation of an Egyptian word. Perhaps also the root of Sanskrit हली (halī), हलिनी (halinī, “lily”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.li.um/, [ˈliː.li.ũ]

Noun

līlium n (genitive līliī); second declension

a lily

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	līlium	līlia
genitive	līliī	līliōrum
dative	līliō	līliīs
accusative	līlium	līlia
ablative	līliō	līliīs
vocative	līlium	līlia

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: lliri
English: lily
French: lis
Hungarian: liliom
Irish: lile
Italian: giglio
Portuguese: lírio
Russian: лилия (lilija)
Serbo-Croatian: ljìljan / љѝљан
Spanish: lirio
Translingual: Lilium

References

lilium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
lilium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
lilium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
lilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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