rhoeas

Latin

Alternative forms

• rhoea

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥοιάς (rhoiás), which could be from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow, run”) or a Pre-Greek loan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈroe̯.as/, [ˈroe̯äs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.as/, [ˈrɛːäs]

Noun

rhoeas f (genitive rhoeadis); third declension

1. wild poppy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rhoeas	rhoeadēs
Genitive	rhoeadis	rhoeadum
Dative	rhoeadī	rhoeadibus
Accusative	rhoeadem	rhoeadēs
Ablative	rhoeade	rhoeadibus
Vocative	rhoeas	rhoeadēs

Related terms

• papāver

Descendants

• Translingual: Papaver rhoeas

References

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