bunias

English

Noun

bunias

1. plural of bunia

Anagrams

• Anubis, nubias, unbias

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek βουνιάς (bouniás).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.ni.as/, [ˈbuːniäs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ni.as/, [ˈbuːniäs]

Noun

būnias f (genitive būniados); third declension

1. a kind of turnip: probably a subspecies of Brassica napus
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Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	būnias	būniades
Genitive	būniados	būniadum
Dative	būniadī	būniadibus
Accusative	būniada	būniadas
Ablative	būniade	būniadibus
Vocative	būnias	būniades

Related terms

• būnion

References

• “būnĭăs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• būnĭăs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 231/3.
• “būnias” on page 245/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Anagrams

• abnuis