chelidon

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek χελῑδών (khelīdṓn, “swallow”), perhaps in reference to the shape of a swallow's tail. === Noun === chelidon (plural chelidons) (rare, anatomy) Synonym of elbow pit. === Anagrams === chelonid, dichlone == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek χελῑδών (khelīdṓn). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʰɛˈliː.doːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [keˈliː.don] === Noun === chelīdōn f (genitive chelīdōnis); third declension swallow (bird) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “chelidon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. chelidon in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung “chelidon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press