adonium

== Latin == === Alternative forms === (type of meter): adōnidium === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀδώνιος (Adṓnios, “of Adonis”) and Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis, “Adonis”). The meaning referring to a plant is a misreading in Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia. The meaning referring to meter, μέτρον (métron, “meter”) Ἀδώνιον (Adṓnion), reportedly named for its use in the festival of Adonis. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈdoː.ni.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈdɔː.ni.um] === Noun === adōnium n (genitive adōniī or adōnī); second declension (botanical) (possibly) a type of southernwood with a golden or bloodred flower (as if referring to the blood of Adonis) (possibly) a method of gardening (grammar, meter, verse) a Adonic verse, a verse composed of a dactyl and spondee ==== Usage notes ==== The precise meaning of adōnium as a botanical term is uncertain, though multiple meanings have been proposed. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “adōnium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "adonium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “adonium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.