ellychnium

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐλλύχνιον (ellúkhnion). === Noun === ellychnium n (genitive ellychniī or ellychnī); second declension lamp-wick ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== licinium ==== Descendants ==== Genovese: lexìn French: lumignon Italian: lucignolo === References === “ellychnium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ellychnium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “ellychnium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “ellychnium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin