daphnia

See also: Daphnia

English

A daphnia (Daphnia pulex)

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdæfnɪə/

Noun

daphnia (plural daphnias)

1. A water flea of the genus Daphnia.

Translations

water flea of the genus Daphnia

• Catalan: dàfnia f, puça d'aigua f
• French: daphnie (fr) f, puce d'eau (fr) f
• German: Wasserfloh (de) m
• Polish: dafnia (pl) f, rozwielitka (pl)

Latin

Alternative forms

• daphnea

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δᾰφναίᾱ (dăphnaíā), from δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, sweet bay; perhaps a kind of coral”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdapʰ.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdaf.ni.a]

Noun

daphnia f (genitive daphniae); first declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	daphnia	daphniae
genitive	daphniae	daphniārum
dative	daphniae	daphniīs
accusative	daphniam	daphniās
ablative	daphniā	daphniīs
vocative	daphnia	daphniae

References

• “daphnia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “daphnĕa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.