Chione

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē, nymph in Greek myth).

Proper noun

Chione f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – certain Venus clams.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – trees from the neotropics.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

clams
trees

English

Alternative forms

  • Khione (scholarly)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē), derived from χιών (khiṓn, snow).

Proper noun

Chione

  1. (Greek mythology) She is the daughter of Boreas (the North Wind), and Oreithyia (an Athenian princess whom he had abducted). Her siblings are Zetes, Calaides and Cleopatra (the wife of Phineus).
  2. (Greek mythology) A nymph.

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chionē f sg (genitive Chionēs); first declension

  1. Chione (daughter of Daedation, mother to Autolycus and Philammon)
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.301–302:
      Nata erat huic Chione. Quae dotatissima forma / mille procos habuit, bis septem nubilis annis.
      Chione, whose most endowed form captivated a thousand suitors, had been the marriageable age of twice-seven.

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Chionē
Genitive Chionēs
Dative Chionae
Accusative Chionēn
Ablative Chionē
Vocative Chionē

References

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