scilla

See also: Scilla

English

Etymology

From Latin scilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla). Doublet of squill.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlə/
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

scilla (plural scillas)

1. A plant of the genus Scilla; a squill.
2. (pharmacology) A bulb of Urginea scilla.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 2, subsection i:

     Scilla, or sea onyon, hot and dry in the third degree.

Anagrams

• Callis, lilacs

Italian

Etymology

From Latin scilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla).

Noun

scilla f (plural scille)

1. squill (plant of the genus Scilla)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskil.la/, [ˈs̠kɪlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃil.la/, [ˈʃilːä]

Noun

scilla f (genitive scillae); first declension

1. Alternative form of squilla

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scilla	scillae
genitive	scillae	scillārum
dative	scillae	scillīs
accusative	scillam	scillās
ablative	scillā	scillīs
vocative	scilla	scillae