Polemonium

See also: polemonium

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Polemonium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Polemoniaceae – Jacob's ladder and related flowering plants.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Polemoniaceae - family;  - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus):  - type species; for other species see Polemonium on WikispeciesWikispecies or Polemonium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• Polemonium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polemonium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Polemonium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Polemonium at USDA Plants database

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πολεμώνιον (Polemṓnion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /po.leˈmoː.ni.um/, [pɔɫ̪ɛˈmoːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.leˈmo.ni.um/, [poleˈmɔːnium]

Proper noun

Polemōnium n sg (genitive Polemōniī or Polemōnī); second declension

1. A town of Pontus situated at the mouth of the river Sidenus

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Polemōnium
Genitive	Polemōniī Polemōnī1
Dative	Polemōniō
Accusative	Polemōnium
Ablative	Polemōniō
Vocative	Polemōnium
Locative	Polemōniī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• Polemonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Polemonium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly