Latin

Noun

ellychnium n ‎(genitive ellychniī); second declension

1. lamp-wick

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• licinium

Descendants

• Genovese: lexìn
• French: lumignon
• Italian: lucignolo

References

• ellychnium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ellychnium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• ellychnium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ellychnium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin