helenium

== English == === Etymology === From the genus name. === Pronunciation === === Noun === helenium (plural heleniums) Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff. ==== Synonyms ==== sneezeweed ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Helenium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Helenium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Helenium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑλένιον (helénion), said to be named for Ἑλένη (Helénē) of Troy, who according to legend planted elecampane on the island of Pharos. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛˈɫɛ.ni.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈlɛː.ni.um] === Noun === helenium n (genitive heleniī or helenī); second declension elecampane (Inula helenium) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: Helenium === References === “helenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “helenium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.