Daphne

See also: Daphné, Daphnë, daphne, and daphné

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).

Proper noun

Daphne f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Thymelaeaceae – daphnes, Old World shrubs with scented flowers and poisonous berries.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Malvales - order; Thymelaeaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Daphne laureola (spurge-laurel) - type species; Daphne gnidium (flax-leaved daphne), Daphne genkwa (Chinese daphne) - selected other species; for the numerous other species see Daphne on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Derived terms

• Actinodaphne
• Chamaedaphne
• Antidaphne
• Rhodostemonodaphne
• Phyllostemonodaphne
• Alseodaphne
• Povedadaphne
• Triadodaphne
• Mocinnodaphne
• Dryadodaphne
• Acanthodaphne
• Cryptodaphne
• Acamptodaphne
• Didaphne
• Ophiodaphne
• Senadaphne

References

• Daphne (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Daphne on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Daphne on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Daphne at Plants of the World Online

English

Alternative forms

• Daphnë

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdæfni/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Daphne

1. (Greek mythology) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     Run when you will, the story shall be chang'd; / Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase; / The dove pursues the griffin

2. (astronomy) 41 Daphne, a main belt asteroid.
3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1989, John Banville, The Book of Evidence, page 7:

     My wife. Daphne. Yes, that was, is, her name. For some reason people have always found it faintly comic. I think it matches very well her damp, dark, myopic beauty.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 41 Daphne, ㊶

Translations

mythological dryad

• Arabic: دافني f
• Catalan: Dafne f
• Czech: Dafné f
• Esperanto: Dafno
• French: Daphné (fr) f
• Greek: Δάφνη (el) f (Dáfni)

  Ancient Greek: Δάφνη f (Dáphnē)

• Irish: Dafnae f
• Italian: Dafne (it) f
• Japanese: ダプネー (Dapunē)
• Korean: 다프네 (ko) (Dapeune)
• Latin: Daphnē f
• Polish: Dafne (pl) f
• Portuguese: Dafne f
• Russian: Да́фна (ru) f (Dáfna)
• Spanish: Dafne (es) f
• Turkish: Dafni
• Ukrainian: Да́фна f (Dáfna)

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 桂神星 (Guìshénxīng)

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達夫妮／达夫妮 (Dáfūní)

• French: Daphné (fr) f
• Greek: Δάφνη (el) f (Dáfni)
• Hebrew: דַּפְנָה (he) (Dafná)
• Italian: Dafne (it) f
• Turkish: Defne (tr) f

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Daphne, from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”).

Proper noun

Daphne

1. a female given name from English
2. (Greek mythology) a dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus
3. (astronomy) the asteroid 41 Daphne

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Daphne.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Dafne (rare)

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”), perhaps via French or alternatively English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑf.nə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Daph‧ne

Proper noun

Daphne f

1. a female given name

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdapʰ.neː/, [ˈd̪äpʰneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdaf.ne/, [ˈd̪äfne]

Proper noun

Daphnē f sg (genitive Daphnēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Daphne

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Daphnē
Genitive	Daphnēs
Dative	Daphnae
Accusative	Daphnēn
Ablative	Daphnē
Vocative	Daphnē

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.fi.ni/, /ˈdaf.ni/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.fi.ni/, /ˈdaf.ni/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdaf.ne/, /ˈda.fi.ne/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈda.fnɨ/

Proper noun

Daphne f

1. Archaic spelling of Dafne.