Scaevola
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
It is a reference to the story of Gaius Mucius Scaevola (whose name comes from scaevus (“left”)), because the dried flowers recall a withered hand.
Proper noun edit
Scaevola f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Goodeniaceae – many species of tropical flowering plants found especially in Australia and Polynesia.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Goodeniaceae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Scaevola plumieri (gullfeed) - type species; Scaevola taccada (beach cabbage) - selected other species
References edit
- Scaevola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Scaevola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Scaevola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Scaevola at USDA Plants database
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Scaeva (“agnomen & cognomen”) + -ola (“-ole”, diminutive-forming suffix) or directly from scaevus (“left; left-handed; clumsy; very lucky or unlucky”) + -ola.
Pronunciation edit
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskae̯.u̯o.la/, [ˈs̠käe̯u̯ɔɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃe.vo.la/, [ˈʃɛːvolä]
Proper noun edit
Scaevola m sg (genitive Scaevolae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Scaevola |
Genitive | Scaevolae |
Dative | Scaevolae |
Accusative | Scaevolam |
Ablative | Scaevolā |
Vocative | Scaevola |
References edit
- “Scaevola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Scaevola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.