chelidonia

Substantive from chelīdonius (“of or pertaining to a swallow”), from Ancient Greek χελῑδών (khelīdṓn, “swallow”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰe.liːˈdo.ni.a/, [kʰɛ.liːˈdɔ.ni.a]

chelīdonia f (genitive chelīdoniae); first declension

1. celandine, swallowwort

First declension.

• chelīdoniacus
• chelīdonius

• chelidonia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• chelidonia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• chelidonia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin