clematis
See also: Clematis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin clematis, from Ancient Greek κληματιτής (klēmatitḗs), κληματίς (klēmatís), from κλήμα (klḗma, “vine, branch with vines”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clematis (plural clematises or clematis)
- (botany) Any plant of the genus Clematis, vigorous climbing lianas found throughout the temperate zones.
- 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 127:
- Noiselessly she laid the clematis and wattle on her bed, then stood near the covered face, and, looking down at her untied bootlaces, sighed an impatient sigh always well known and understood by this now unresponsive father.
Translations edit
any plant of the genus Clematis
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Further reading edit
- Clematis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Clematis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Clematis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κληματίς (klēmatís).
Noun edit
clēmatis f (genitive clēmatidis); third declension
- the name of various climbing plants
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | clēmatis | clēmatidēs |
Genitive | clēmatidis | clēmatidum |
Dative | clēmatidī | clēmatidibus |
Accusative | clēmatidem | clēmatidēs |
Ablative | clēmatide | clēmatidibus |
Vocative | clēmatis | clēmatidēs |
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Clematis
References edit
- “clematis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clematis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.