rhoeas
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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
- 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
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.
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