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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παιωνία (paiōnía, “peony”), from Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paean, the physician of the gods”), related to παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”).
Pronunciation
Noun
paeōnia f (genitive paeōniae); first declension
- peony
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “paeonia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- paeonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “paeonia”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “paeonia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “paeonia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly