rhoeas
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ῥοιάς (rhoiás), which could be from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow, run”) or a Pre-Greek loan.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈroe̯.as/, [ˈroe̯äs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.as/, [ˈrɛːäs]
Noun[edit]
rhoeas f (genitive rhoeadis); third declension
- wild poppy
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rhoeas | rhoeadēs |
| Genitive | rhoeadis | rhoeadum |
| Dative | rhoeadī | rhoeadibus |
| Accusative | rhoeadem | rhoeadēs |
| Ablative | rhoeade | rhoeadibus |
| Vocative | rhoeas | rhoeadēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Translingual: Papaver rhoeas
References[edit]
- “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.