Scaevola
Translingual
Etymology
It is a reference to the story of Gaius Mucius Scaevola (whose name comes from scaevus (“left”)), because the dried flowers recall a withered hand.
Proper noun
Scaevola f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. – many species of tropical flowering plants found especially in Australia and Polynesia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (gullfeed) - selected species
References
- Scaevola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Scaevola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Scaevola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Scaevola at USDA Plants database
Latin
Etymology
From scaevus (“left”).
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskae̯.u̯o.la/, [ˈs̠käe̯u̯ɔɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃe.vo.la/, [ˈʃɛːvolä]
Proper noun
Scaevola m sg (genitive Scaevolae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Gaius Mucius Scaevola, a Roman hero
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Scaevola |
Genitive | Scaevolae |
Dative | Scaevolae |
Accusative | Scaevolam |
Ablative | Scaevolā |
Vocative | Scaevola |
References
- “Scaevola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Scaevola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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