Philadelphus
See also: philadelphus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Philadelphus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrangeaceae – mock oranges.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Cornales - order; Hydrangeaceae - family; Hydrangeoideae - subfamily; Philadelpheae - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Philadelphus coronarius - type species
References edit
Philadelphus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Philadelphus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Philadelphus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιλάδελφος (Philádelphos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰi.laˈdel.pʰus/, [pʰɪɫ̪äˈd̪ɛɫ̪pʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fi.laˈdel.fus/, [filäˈd̪ɛlfus]
Proper noun edit
Philadelphus m sg (genitive Philadelphī); second declension
- a male given name from Ancient Greek
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Philadelphus |
| Genitive | Philadelphī |
| Dative | Philadelphō |
| Accusative | Philadelphum |
| Ablative | Philadelphō |
| Vocative | Philadelphe |
| Locative | Philadelphī |
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Philadelphus
- French: Philadelphe
References edit
- “Philadelphus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Philadelphus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.