daphnia
See also: Daphnia
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
daphnia (plural daphnias)
- A water flea of the genus Daphnia.
Translations edit
water flea of the genus Daphnia
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Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δᾰφναίᾱ (daphnaíā), from δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, sweet bay; perhaps a kind of coral”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdapʰ.ni.a/, [ˈd̪äpʰniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdaf.ni.a/, [ˈd̪äfniä]
Noun edit
daphnia f (genitive daphniae); first declension
- An unknown kind of precious stone
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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