Helicon

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English

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Proper noun

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Helicon

  1. A mountain of Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑλικών (Helikṓn).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Helicōn m sg (genitive Helicōnis); third declension

  1. A mountain of Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Helicōn
Genitive Helicōnis
Dative Helicōnī
Accusative Helicōnem
Ablative Helicōne
Vocative Helicōn
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References

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  • Helicon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Helicon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Helicon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.