Adonis
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).
Proper noun
editAdonis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – pheasant's eye or blood drops.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Adonideae - tribe
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Adonis annua (autumn pheasant’s eye) - type species; Adonis aestivalis, Adonis aleppica, Adonis amurensis, Adonis bienertii, Adonis bobroviana, Adonis brevistyla, Adonis chrysocyathus, Adonis coerulea, Adonis cyllenea, Adonis davidii, Adonis dentata, Adonis distorta, Adonis eriocalycina, Adonis flammea, Adonis flammula, Adonis globosa, Adonis integra, Adonis leiosepala, Adonis microcarpa, Adonis mongolica, Adonis multiflora, Adonis nepalensis, Adonis palaestina, Adonis parviflora, Adonis persica, Adonis pyrenaica, Adonis ramosa, Adonis scrobiculata, Adonis shikokuensis, Adonis sibirica, Adonis sibthorpii, Adonis sutchuenensis, Adonis tianschanica, Adonis turkestanica, Adonis vernalis, Adonis villosa, Adonis wolgensis (other species)
References
edit- Adonis (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Adonis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Adonis (Ranunculaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Adonis at Tropicos
- Adonis at Plants of the World Online
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈdoʊ.nɪs/, /əˈdɒn.ɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈdɑn.ɪs/, /əˈdoʊ.nɪs/
Proper noun
editAdonis
- (Greek mythology) A beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite.
- 1866, Sabine Baring-Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, S. George:
- The Phœnician Adonis was identical with Tammūz.
- 1900, James Frazer, The Golden Bough, Chapter 42: Osiris and the Sun,
- A strong reason for interpreting the death of Osiris as the decay of vegetation rather than as the sunset is to be found in the general, though not unanimous, voice of antiquity, which classed together the worship and myths of Osiris, Adonis, Attis, Dionysus, and Demeter, as religions of essentially the same type. The consensus of ancient opinion on this subject seems too great to be rejected as a mere fancy. So closely did the rites of Osiris resemble those of Adonis at Byblus that some of the people of Byblus themselves maintained that it was Osiris and not Adonis whose death was mourned by them.
- 1921, Jessie Weston, From Ritual to Romance, Chapter X: The Secret of the Grail (1) - The Mysteries,
- As Sir J. G. Frazer has before now pointed out, there are parallel and over-lapping forms of this cult, the name of the god, and certain details of the ritual, may differ in different countries, but whether he hails from Babylon, Phrygia, or Phoenicia, whether he be called Tammuz, Attis, or Adonis, the main lines of the story are fixed, and invariable. Always he is young and beautiful, always the beloved of a great goddess; always he is the victim of a tragic and untimely death, a death which entails bitter loss and misfortune upon a mourning world, and which, for the salvation of that world, is followed by a resurrection.
- (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms
edit- Adonise, adonise, Adonize, adonize
- autumn Adonis
- (given name): (diminutive) Donny, Donnie, Donney, Donni
Related terms
editTranslations
editthe young man loved by Aphrodite
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male given name
Noun
editAdonis (plural Adonises or Adonides)
- A beautiful man.
Translations
editbeautiful man
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈdoː.nis/, [äˈd̪oːnɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈdo.nis/, [äˈd̪ɔːnis]
Proper noun
editAdōnis m sg (genitive Adōnidis); third declension
- (Greek mythology) Adonis
- A river in Phoenicia, now the Abraham River
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Adōnis |
Genitive | Adōnidis Adōnis |
Dative | Adōnidī |
Accusative | Adōnidem Adōnem Adōnim Adōnin |
Ablative | Adōnide Adōne |
Vocative | Adōni |
References
edit- “Adonis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Adonis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editȀdonis m (Cyrillic spelling А̏донис)
References
edit- “Adonis” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Adonis, from Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈdonis/ [ʔɐˈd̪oː.n̪ɪs]
- Rhymes: -onis
- Syllabification: A‧do‧nis
- Homophone: adonis
Proper noun
editAdonis (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔) (Greek mythology)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Adonis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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