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noun · neutersecond declension

līlium

līlium n (genitive līliī or līlī)
Classical[ˈliː.li.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈliː.li.um]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. a lily

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

flōs altus et albus.
līlium -ī n — in Mille Verba, Arborēs et Plantae
flōs albus fūneris
līlium -ī (n) — in Aeneis, ch. 16

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelīliumlīlia
genitivelīliī
līlī		līliōrum
dativelīliōlīliīs
accusativelīliumlīlia
ablativelīliōlīliīs
vocativelīliumlīlia

līlĭum, ĭi, n. λείριον,
I. a lily: lilium rosae nobilitate promixum est, Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22; 21, 19, 74, § 126; Varr. R. R. 1, 35; Pall. Febr. 21, 3: candida, Verg. A. 6, 709: lucida, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 12), 30: argentea, id. 4, 4, 23: hiantia, Ov. A. A. 2, 115: breve, short-lived, that blooms but for a short time, Hor. C. 1, 36, 16: rubens, = κρίνον, a reddish kind of lily, Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 24.—
II. Transf., a sort of defence, consisting of several rows of pits, in which stakes were planted, rising only four inches above the surface of the ground, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 8.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion). See there for more.

Insular Romance
  • Sardinianlizu
  • Sardinianlilliu
  • Sardinianlillu
  • Sardinianlixu
  • Sardinianlìgiu
  • Sardiniangixu
  • Sardiniangìgliu
  • Sardiniangìsgiu
Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchlisfrom Old French lis
  • Catalanlliri
  • Occitanliri
  • Occitanleri
  • Occitanlys
  • Occitanile
  • Occitanieli
  • Franco-Provençallis
  • Normanlisfrom Old French lis
  • Walloonlifrom Old French lis
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueselíriofrom Old Galician-Portuguese lílio
  • Spanishliriofrom Old Spanish lilio
  • Galicianliriofrom Old Galician-Portuguese lílio
  • Asturianliriu
  • Extremaduranliriu
  • Aragoneselidiofrom Old Navarro-Aragonese lirio
  • Ladinoliriofrom Old Spanish lilio
  • Tagalogliryofrom Old Spanish lilio
Elsewhere
  • GermanLiliefrom Old High German lilia
  • Romanianliliefrom Old High German lilia
  • Basquelilia
  • Belarusianлі́лія
  • Bulgarianлилия
  • Esperantolilio
  • Hungarianliliom
  • Irishlile
  • Lithuanianlelijà
  • Dutchleliefrom Old Dutch līlia
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiangiglio
  • Gallureselillufrom Corsican gigliu
  • Gallureselìciufrom Corsican gigliu
  • Sassareselizufrom Corsican gigliu
  • Sassaresegìgliufrom Corsican gigliu
  • Malteseġiljufrom Italian giglio
  • Neapolitangiglio
  • Siciliangigghiu
  • Venetangìłio
  • Venetanxégio
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliangi
  • Romanshgilgia
  • Romanshgelgia
Gallo-Italic
  • Ligurianlilìn
  • Piedmonteseliri

Quick answers

What does līlium mean in Latin?
līlium, a noun, means “a lily”.
What is the genitive of līlium?
The genitive singular is līliī. līlium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce līlium?
In classical Latin, [ˈliː.li.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈliː.li.um].