Rhamnus

See also: rhamnus

Translingual

Etymology

Late Latin rhamnus (a thorn bush), from Ancient Greek ῥάμνος (rhámnos, various prickly shrubs, such as boxthorn, Lycium europaeum; stone buckthorn, Rhamnus lycioides subsp. graeca, syn. Rhamnus graeca; and black buckthorn, Rhamnus oleoides).

Proper noun

Rhamnus f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae buckthorns.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥαμνοῦς (Rhamnoûs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rhamnūs f sg (genitive Rhamnūntis); third declension

  1. A town of Attica, famous for the temple of Themis

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Rhamnūs
Genitive Rhamnūntis
Dative Rhamnūntī
Accusative Rhamnūntem
Ablative Rhamnūnte
Vocative Rhamnūs
Locative Rhamnūntī
Rhamnūnte

References

  • Rhamnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Rhamnus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Rhamnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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