LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

vaccīnium

vaccīnium n (genitive vaccīniī or vaccīnī)
Classical[wakˈkiː.ni.ũː]Ecclesiastical[vatˈt͡ʃiː.ni.um]

Meaning

  1. iris (plant and flower)
  2. post Classicalwhortleberry, bilberry

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevaccīniumvaccīnia
genitivevaccīniī
vaccīnī		vaccīniōrum
dativevaccīniōvaccīniīs
accusativevaccīniumvaccīnia
ablativevaccīniōvaccīniīs
vocativevaccīniumvaccīnia

vaccīnĭum, ii, n.,
I. the blueberry, whortleberry: Vaccinium myrtillus, Linn.; Plin. 16, 18, 31, § 77; Verg. E. 2, 18; 2, 50; 10, 39; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 5; Vitr. 7, 14, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin vaccīnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos)influ. Latin vaccīnium From Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “iris”), remodeled on the adjective vaccīnus (“relating to cows”).

Descendants
  • Englishvacciniumfrom Translingual Vaccinium

In English words that came into English from vaccīnium

  • vacciniumvaccīnium

Quick answers

What does vaccīnium mean in Latin?
vaccīnium, a noun, means “iris (plant and flower); whortleberry, bilberry”.
What is the genitive of vaccīnium?
The genitive singular is vaccīniī. vaccīnium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce vaccīnium?
In classical Latin, [wakˈkiː.ni.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vatˈt͡ʃiː.ni.um].