ulva

See also: Ulva

English

Noun

ulva (plural ulvas)

  1. Any organism of the genus Ulva.
    • 1875, George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The American Cyclopaedia, page 774:
      The ulvas belong to the chlorospermous class of seaweeds, distinguished by their green spores, and the generally green color of their fronds. There are several species of ulva common to both shores of the Atlantic, […]

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ulva f (genitive ulvae); first declension

  1. sedge
    Synonym: cārex

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ulva ulvae
Genitive ulvae ulvārum
Dative ulvae ulvīs
Accusative ulvam ulvās
Ablative ulvā ulvīs
Vocative ulva ulvae

Descendants
  • Galician: Olveira (place name), olga
  • Translingual: 'Ulva

References
  • “ulva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ulva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ulva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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