adiantum

See also: Adiantum

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name Adiantum.

Noun

adiantum (plural adiantums or adianta)

1. The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀδίαντον (adíanton).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.diˈan.tum/, [äd̪iˈän̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.diˈan.tum/, [äd̪iˈän̪t̪um]

Noun

adiantum n (genitive adiantī); second declension

1. maidenhair fern

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adiantum	adianta
Genitive	adiantī	adiantōrum
Dative	adiantō	adiantīs
Accusative	adiantum	adianta
Ablative	adiantō	adiantīs
Vocative	adiantum	adianta

Descendants

• Portuguese: adianto

References

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

Polish

adiantum

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adiantum, from Ancient Greek ἀδίαντον (adíanton).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdjan.tum/
• Rhymes: -antum
• Syllabification: a‧dian‧tum

Noun

adiantum n

1. adiantum, maidenhair (any fern of the genus Adiantum)

   Synonyms: niekropień, złotowłos

Declension

Declension of adiantum

	singular	plural
nominative	adiantum	adianta
genitive	adiantum	adiantów
dative	adiantum	adiantom
accusative	adiantum	adianta
instrumental	adiantum	adiantami
locative	adiantum	adiantach
vocative	adiantum	adianta

Further reading

• adiantum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• adiantum in PWN's encyclopedia