Paeonia
Translingual
Etymology
Pronunciation
- English: IPA(key): /piːˈoʊniːə/
Proper noun
Paeonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Paeoniaceae – peonies.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Saxifragales - order; Paeoniaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Paeonia sect. Onaepia, Paeonia sect. Moutan, Paeonia sect. Paeonia - sections
- Paeonia officinalis - type species
References
- Paeonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Paeonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Paeonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Paeonia at USDA Plants database
- Paeonia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Paeonia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Paeonia at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Paeonia at Plants of the World Online
- Paeoniaceae at APWeb
English
Alternative forms
- Paionia
- Pæonia (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Paeonia, from Ancient Greek Παιονία (Paionía).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /piːˈəʊ.ni.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /piˈoʊ.ni.ə/
- Rhymes: -əʊniə
Proper noun
Paeonia (uncountable)
- The land of the Paeonians, a people inhabiting between the lands of Macedonians, Thracians, and Illyrians.
Derived terms
Translations
land of the Paeonians
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παιονία (Paionía), from Παίων (Paíōn, “Paeonian”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). By surface analysis, Paeōn + -ia.
Proper noun
Paeonia f sg (genitive Paeoniae); first declension
- Paeonia (the land of the Paeonians, a people inhabiting between the lands of Macedonians, Thracians, and Illyrians)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Paeonia |
| genitive | Paeoniae |
| dative | Paeoniae |
| accusative | Paeoniam |
| ablative | Paeoniā |
| vocative | Paeonia |
| locative | Paeoniae |
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “Paeonia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.