Helicon

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɛlɪkɒn/, /ˈhɛlɪkən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɛlɪkɑn/, /ˈhɛlɪkən/ === Proper noun === Helicon A mountain of Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses. ==== Derived terms ==== Heliconian === Anagrams === Nichole, choline == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑλικών (Helikṓn). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ.lɪ.koːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.li.kon] === Proper noun === Helicōn m sg (genitive Helicōnis); third declension A mountain of Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== Helicōnis Helicōnius === References === “Helicon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Helicon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Helicon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.