adiantum
See also: Adiantum
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name Adiantum.
Noun edit
adiantum (plural adiantums or adianta)
- The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀδίαντον (adíanton).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.diˈan.tum/, [äd̪iˈän̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.diˈan.tum/, [äd̪iˈän̪t̪um]
Noun edit
adiantum n (genitive adiantī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | adiantum | adianta |
Genitive | adiantī | adiantōrum |
Dative | adiantō | adiantīs |
Accusative | adiantum | adianta |
Ablative | adiantō | adiantīs |
Vocative | adiantum | adianta |
Descendants edit
- Portuguese: adianto
References edit
- “adiantum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- adiantum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin adiantum, from Ancient Greek ἀδίαντον (adíanton).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
adiantum n
- adiantum, maidenhair (any fern of the genus Adiantum)
- Synonyms: niekropień, złotowłos
Declension edit
Declension of adiantum