rhamnus

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Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

rhamnus (plural rhamnuses)

  1. (botany) Any of the plants in the genus Rhamnus; a buckthorn.

Latin

Etymology

Alteration of rhamnos (“buckthorn”), from Ancient Greek ῥάμνος (rhámnos), influenced by Rhamnus f (“Nemesis”)

Noun

rhamnus f (genitive rhamnī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) buckthorn

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rhamnus rhamnī
Genitive rhamnī rhamnōrum
Dative rhamnō rhamnīs
Accusative rhamnum rhamnōs
Ablative rhamnō rhamnīs
Vocative rhamne rhamnī

Descendants

  • → Welsh: rhafn, rhafnwydd (semi-learned)

References

  • rhamnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “rhamnus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “rhamnus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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