paeonia
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παιωνία (paiōnía, “peony”), from Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paean, the physician of the gods”), related to παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pae̯ˈoː.ni.a/, [päe̯ˈoːniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈo.ni.a/, [peˈɔːniä]
Noun
paeōnia f (genitive paeōniae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | paeōnia | paeōniae |
Genitive | paeōniae | paeōniārum |
Dative | paeōniae | paeōniīs |
Accusative | paeōniam | paeōniās |
Ablative | paeōniā | paeōniīs |
Vocative | paeōnia | paeōniae |
Descendants
References
- “paeonia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- paeonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “paeonia”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “paeonia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “paeonia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly