icon in Latin

IPA: [ˈiː.koːn] [Classical-Latin], [ˈiː.kon] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|εἰκών||likeness, image, portrait}} Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”) Head templates: {{la-noun|īcōn/īcon<3>|g=f}} īcōn f (genitive īconis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|īcōn/īcon<3>}} Forms: īcōn [canonical, feminine], īconis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], īcōn [nominative, singular], īconēs [nominative, plural], īconis [genitive, singular], īconum [genitive, plural], īconī [dative, singular], īconibus [dative, plural], īconem [accusative, singular], īconēs [accusative, plural], īcone [ablative, singular], īconibus [ablative, plural], īcōn [singular, vocative], īconēs [plural, vocative]

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"icon" meaning in Latin

Noun