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.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rhamnaceae - family; Rhamnoideae - subfamily; Rhamneae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Rhamnus cathartica, Rhamnus alaternus; for other species see Rhamnus on WikispeciesWikispecies or Rhamnus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• Bathiorhamnus
• Rhamnella
• Rhamnidium
• †Rhamnites

References

• Rhamnus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhamnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rhamnus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rhamnus at USDA Plants database
• Rhamnus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Rhamnus at Encyclopedia of Life
• Rhamnus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Rhamneae at APWeb
• Rhamnus at The Plant List

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥαμνοῦς (Rhamnoûs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈram.nuːs/, [ˈrämnuːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈram.nus/, [ˈrämnus]

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.