lychnis

== English == === Etymology === From the genus name. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪknɪs/ === Noun === lychnis (plural lychnises) (botany) Any of the genus Lychnis of flowering plants. == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek λυχνίς (lukhnís, “shining”). ==== Noun ==== lychnis f (genitive lychnidis); third declension a kind of rose a kind of precious stone ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== lychnīs dative/ablative plural of lychnus === References === “lychnis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “lychnis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.