See also: Daphnia

English edit

 
A daphnia (Daphnia pulex)
 
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Etymology edit

From the genus name.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

daphnia (plural daphnias)

  1. A water flea of the genus Daphnia.

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Latin edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δᾰφναίᾱ (daphnaíā), from δάφνη (dáphnē, laurel, sweet bay; perhaps a kind of coral).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

daphnia f (genitive daphniae); first declension

  1. An unknown kind of precious stone

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative daphnia daphniae
Genitive daphniae daphniārum
Dative daphniae daphniīs
Accusative daphniam daphniās
Ablative daphniā daphniīs
Vocative daphnia daphniae

References edit

  • daphnia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • daphnĕa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette