Rhamnus
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See also: rhamnus
Translingual
Etymology
Late Latin rhamnus (“a thorn bush”), from Ancient Greek ῥάμνος (rhámnos, “various prickly shrubs, such as boxthorn, Lycium europaeum; stone buckthorn, Rhamnus lycioides subsp. graeca, syn. Rhamnus graeca; and black buckthorn, Rhamnus oleoides”).
Proper noun
Rhamnus f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – buckthorns.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rhamnaceae – family; Rhamnoideae - subfamily; Rhamneae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Rhamnus cathartica, Rhamnus alaternus; for other species see
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Rhamnus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms
References
- Rhamnus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rhamnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Rhamnus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Rhamnus at USDA Plants database
- Rhamnus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Rhamnus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Rhamneae at APWeb
- Rhamnus at Plants of the World Online
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ῥαμνοῦς (Rhamnoûs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈram.nuːs/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈram.nus/,
Proper noun
Rhamnūs f sg (genitive Rhamnūntis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Rhamnūs |
| genitive | Rhamnūntis |
| dative | Rhamnūntī |
| accusative | Rhamnūntem |
| ablative | Rhamnūnte |
| vocative | Rhamnūs |
| locative | Rhamnūntī Rhamnūnte |
References
- “Rhamnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Rhamnus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Rhamnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.