elleborus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === helleborus elleborum, helleborum === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἑλλέβορος (helléboros, “hellebore”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛlˈlɛ.bɔ.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [elˈlɛː.bo.rus] === Noun === elleborus m (genitive elleborī); second declension hellebore, used as a remedy for mental illnesses Synonym: vērātrum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “elleborus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “elleborus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers