Chione
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē, “nymph in Greek myth”).
Proper noun edit
Chione f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – certain Venus clams.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – trees from the neotropics.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus of clams): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class; Autobranchia - subclass; Heteroconchia - superorder; Venerida - order; Veneroidea - superfamily; Veneridae - family
- (genus of trees): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Rubiaceae - family; Cinchonoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus of clams): Chione cancellata (cross-barred Venus) - type species
- (genus of trees): Chione venosa (fatpork) - sole accepted species
References edit
- clams
- Chione (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Veneridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Chione on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Chione at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Chione at AnimalBase
- Chione at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Chione at World Register of Marine Species
- trees
- Chione (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chione (Rubiaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Chione (Rubiaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Chione at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Chione at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Chione at USDA Plants database
- Chione at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Chione at Tropicos
- Chione at The Plant List
- Cinchonoideae at APWeb
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- Khione (scholarly)
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē), derived from χιών (khiṓn, “snow”).
Proper noun edit
Chione
- (Greek mythology) She is the daughter of Boreas (the North Wind), and Oreithyia (an Athenian princess whom he had abducted). Her siblings are Zetes, Calaides and Cleopatra (the wife of Phineus).
- (Greek mythology) A nymph.
Further reading edit
- Chione (daughter of Boreas) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰi.o.neː/, [ˈkʰiɔneː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈki.o.ne/, [ˈkiːone]
Proper noun edit
Chionē f sg (genitive Chionēs); first declension
- Chione (daughter of Daedation, mother to Autolycus and Philammon)
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.301–302:
- Nata erat huic Chione. Quae dotatissima forma / mille procos habuit, bis septem nubilis annis.
- Chione, whose most endowed form captivated a thousand suitors, had been the marriageable age of twice-seven.
- Nata erat huic Chione. Quae dotatissima forma / mille procos habuit, bis septem nubilis annis.
Declension edit
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Chionē |
Genitive | Chionēs |
Dative | Chionae |
Accusative | Chionēn |
Ablative | Chionē |
Vocative | Chionē |
References edit
- “Chione”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press