hypericon

See also: hypéricon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hypericon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪˈpɜɹɪkɒn/

Noun

hypericon (uncountable)

1. Hypericum; St. John's wort.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112:

     In the event of anyone wishing to invoke the very Prince of Spirits, the following ingredients were prescribed to be burnt - Juice of Hypericon, Saffron, Artemisia, and the root of Valerian.

Anagrams

• hyperonic

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπερικόν (huperikón).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hyˈpɛ.rɪ.kɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iˈpɛː.ri.kon]

Noun

hypericon n (genitive hypericī); second declension

1. ground pine

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	hypericon	hyperica
genitive	hypericī	hypericōrum
dative	hypericō	hypericīs
accusative	hypericon	hyperica
ablative	hypericō	hypericīs
vocative	hypericon	hyperica

Descendants

• → English: hypericon
• ⇒ French: péricon
  • → Catalan: pericó

References

• “hypericon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hypericon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.