adiantum

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English

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Etymology

From the genus name Adiantum.

Noun

adiantum (plural adiantums or adianta)

  1. The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀδίαντον (adíanton).

Pronunciation

Noun

adiantum n (genitive adiantī); second declension

  1. maidenhair fern

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative adiantum adianta
Genitive adiantī adiantōrum
Dative adiantō adiantīs
Accusative adiantum adianta
Ablative adiantō adiantīs
Vocative adiantum adianta

Descendants

  • Portuguese: adianto

References

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

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adiantum

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adiantum, from Ancient Greek ἀδίαντον (adíanton).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈdjan.tum/
  • Rhymes: -antum
  • Syllabification: a‧dian‧tum

Noun

adiantum n

  1. adiantum, maidenhair (any fern of the genus Adiantum)
    Synonyms: niekropień, złotowłos

Declension

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