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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē, “nymph in Greek myth”).
Proper noun
Chione f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – certain Venus clams.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – trees from the neotropics.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
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- clams
- trees
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē), derived from χιών (khiṓn, “snow”).
Proper noun
Chione
- (Greek mythology) She is the daughter of Boreas (the North Wind), and Oreithyia (an Athenian princess whom he had abducted). Her siblings are Zetes, Calaides and Cleopatra (the wife of Phineus).
- (Greek mythology) A nymph.
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chionē f sg (genitive Chionēs); first declension
- Chione (daughter of Daedation, mother to Autolycus and Philammon)
8 CE,
Ovid,
Metamorphoses 11.301–302:
- Nata erat huic Chione. Quae dotatissima forma / mille procos habuit, bis septem nubilis annis.
- Chione, whose most endowed form captivated a thousand suitors, had been the marriageable age of twice-seven.
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
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