rhoeas

Latin

Alternative forms

• rhoea

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥοιάς (rhoiás), which could be from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow, run”) or a Pre-Greek loan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈroe̯.as/, [ˈroe̯äs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.as/, [ˈrɛːäs]

Noun

rhoeas f (genitive rhoeadis); third declension

1. wild poppy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rhoeas	rhoeadēs
genitive	rhoeadis	rhoeadum
dative	rhoeadī	rhoeadibus
accusative	rhoeadem	rhoeadēs
ablative	rhoeade	rhoeadibus
vocative	rhoeas	rhoeadēs

Related terms

• papāver

Descendants

• Translingual: Papaver rhoeas

References

• “rhoeas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rhoeas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.