cyclamen
See also: Cyclamen
English
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Etymology
Borrowing from New Latin cyclamen, from Latin cyclamino.
Noun
cyclamen (plural cyclamens)
- Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers.
- Synonym: sowbread
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess[1]:
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
- 1973, Patrick Millington Synge, In search of flowers:
- An interesting cyclamen was also found here with dark rounded unmarbled leaves, but unfortunately without flowers […]
Translations
A type of plant
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈky.kla.men/, [ˈkʏkɫ̪ämɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.kla.men/, [ˈt͡ʃiːklämen]
Noun
cyclamen n (genitive cyclaminis); third declension
- Alternative form of cyclamīnos
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cyclamen | cyclamina |
Genitive | cyclaminis | cyclaminum |
Dative | cyclaminī | cyclaminibus |
Accusative | cyclamen | cyclamina |
Ablative | cyclamine | cyclaminibus |
Vocative | cyclamen | cyclamina |
References
- cyclămĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 460/3.
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