vaccinium
See also: Vaccinium
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
vaccinium (plural vacciniums)
- (botany) Any of the genus Vaccinium of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
Latin
Etymology
From vaccīnus (“relating to cows”), or a corruption of Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “dark red, purple”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /wakˈkiː.ni.um/, [wakˈkiː.ni.ũ]
Noun
vaccīnium n (genitive vaccīniī); second declension
- the bilberry, blueberry, whortleberry
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vaccīnium | vaccīnia |
| Genitive | vaccīniī | vaccīniōrum |
| Dative | vaccīniō | vaccīniīs |
| Accusative | vaccīnium | vaccīnia |
| Ablative | vaccīniō | vaccīniīs |
| Vocative | vaccīnium | vaccīnia |
Descendants
- Translingual: Vaccinium
References
- vaccinium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vaccinium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vaccinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Austin, Flroida Ethnobotany