cirsion

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κίρσιον (kírsion). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪr.si.ɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃir.si.on] === Noun === cirsion n (genitive cirsiī); second declension A kind of thistle ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type). ==== Synonyms ==== carduus === References === “cirsion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cirsion”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.