daphnia

See also: Daphnia

English

A daphnia (Daphnia pulex)

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdæfnɪə/

Noun

daphnia (plural daphnias)

1. A water flea of the genus Daphnia.

Translations

water flea of the genus Daphnia

• French: daphnie (fr) f, puce d’eau (fr) f
• German: Wasserfloh (de) m
• Polish: dafnia (pl) f, rozwielitka (pl)

Latin

Alternative forms

• daphnea

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δᾰφναίᾱ (daphnaíā), from δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, sweet bay; perhaps a kind of coral”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdapʰ.ni.a/, [ˈd̪äpʰniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdaf.ni.a/, [ˈd̪äfniä]

Noun

daphnia f (genitive daphniae); first declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	daphnia	daphniae
Genitive	daphniae	daphniārum
Dative	daphniae	daphniīs
Accusative	daphniam	daphniās
Ablative	daphniā	daphniīs
Vocative	daphnia	daphniae

References

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