Polemonium
See also: polemonium
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πολεμώνιον (polemṓnion).
Proper noun edit
Polemonium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Polemoniaceae – Jacob's ladder and related flowering plants.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Polemoniaceae - family; Polemonioideae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Polemonium caeruleum - type species; for other species see Polemonium on WikispeciesWikispecies or Polemonium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading edit
- Polemonium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Polemonium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Polemonium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Polemonium at USDA Plants database
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Πολεμώνιον (Polemṓnion).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /po.leˈmoː.ni.um/, [pɔɫ̪ɛˈmoːniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.um/, [poleˈmɔːnium]
Proper noun edit
Polemōnium n sg (genitive Polemōniī or Polemōnī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Polemōnium |
Genitive | Polemōniī Polemōnī1 |
Dative | Polemōniō |
Accusative | Polemōnium |
Ablative | Polemōniō |
Vocative | Polemōnium |
Locative | Polemōniī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- Polemonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Polemonium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly