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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῥοιάς (rhoiás), which could be from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow, run”) or a Pre-Greek loan.
Pronunciation
Noun
rhoeas f (genitive rhoeadis); third declension
- wild poppy
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “rhoeas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rhoeas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.