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

• (genus of clams): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class; Autobranchia - subclass; Heteroconchia - superorder; Venerida - order; Veneroidea - superfamily; Veneridae - family
• (genus of trees): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Rubiaceae - family; Cinchonoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus of clams): (cross-barred Venus) - type species
• (genus of trees): (fatpork) - sole accepted species

References

clams

• Chione (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Veneridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chione on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chione at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Chione at AnimalBase
• Chione at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Chione at World Register of Marine Species

trees

• Chione (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chione (Rubiaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chione (Rubiaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chione at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Chione at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Chione at USDA Plants database
• Chione at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Chione at Tropicos
• Chione at The Plant List
• Chione at APWeb

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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

• Chione (daughter of Boreas) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Icheon, echino-

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.o.neː/, [ˈkʰiɔneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.o.ne/, [ˈkiːone]

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

• “Chione”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press