daphnia

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English

A daphnia (Daphnia pulex)
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Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

Noun

daphnia (plural daphnias)

  1. A water flea of the genus Daphnia.

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δᾰφναίᾱ (daphnaíā), from δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, sweet bay; perhaps a kind of coral”).

Pronunciation

Noun

daphnia f (genitive daphniae); first declension

  1. An unknown kind of precious stone

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative daphnia daphniae
genitive daphniae daphniārum
dative daphniae daphniīs
accusative daphniam daphniās
ablative daphniā daphniīs
vocative daphnia daphniae

References

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