Crescentia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Crescentia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – certain fruit trees.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Bignoniaceae - family; Crescentieae - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Crescentia cujete (calabash tree) - type species
References edit
Crescentia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Crescentia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Crescentia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
German edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Crēscentia, from crēscēns (“growing, increasing, rising, thriving”), from crēscō (“I grow, increase, rise, thrive”).
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Crescentia f (proper noun, genitive Crescentia)
- a female given name from Latin
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From crēscēns (“growing, increasing, rising, thriving”), from crēscō (“I grow, increase, rise, thrive”). Feminine form of the name Crescentius.
Pronunciation edit
(Classical) IPA(key): /kresˈken.ti.a/, [krɛs̠ˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kreʃˈʃen.t͡si.a/, [kreʃˈʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Proper noun edit
Crescentia f (genitive Crescentiae, masculine Crescentius); first declension
- A feminine praenomen.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Crescentia | Crescentiae |
| Genitive | Crescentiae | Crescentiārum |
| Dative | Crescentiae | Crescentiīs |
| Accusative | Crescentiam | Crescentiās |
| Ablative | Crescentiā | Crescentiīs |
| Vocative | Crescentia | Crescentiae |