zamia

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See also: Zamia

English

A zamia

Etymology

From the genus name Zamia.

Noun

zamia (plural zamias)

  1. Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia
    • 1997, Knut Norstog, Trevor J. Nicholls, The Biology of the Cycads‎, page 19:
      It was, in fact, the starchy stems that in some cases led to depletion of wild zamias in some regions of Florida.

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French

Noun

zamia m (plural zamias)

  1. zamia (cycad)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Zamia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡za.mja/
  • Rhymes: -amja
  • Hyphenation: zà‧mia

Noun

zamia f (plural zamie)

  1. zamia

Further reading

  • zamia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζημία (zēmía, “loss, damage”), through Doric.

Pronunciation

Noun

zāmia f (genitive zāmiae); first declension

  1. hurt, injury, damage, loss

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative zāmia zāmiae
Genitive zāmiae zāmiārum
Dative zāmiae zāmiīs
Accusative zāmiam zāmiās
Ablative zāmiā zāmiīs
Vocative zāmia zāmiae

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References

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