ranunculus
See also: Ranunculus
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Ranunculus_repens_01_ies.jpg/220px-Ranunculus_repens_01_ies.jpg)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin rānunculus.
Noun
ranunculus (plural ranunculuses or ranunculi)
- Any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
buttercup — see buttercup
Finnish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin rānunculus.
Noun
ranunculus
- (rare, botany) ranunculus (plant of the genus Ranunculus)
Declension
Inflection of ranunculus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ranunculus | ranunculukset | ||
genitive | ranunculuksen | ranunculusten ranunculuksien | ||
partitive | ranunculusta | ranunculuksia | ||
illative | ranunculukseen | ranunculuksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ranunculus | ranunculukset | ||
accusative | nom. | ranunculus | ranunculukset | |
gen. | ranunculuksen | |||
genitive | ranunculuksen | ranunculusten ranunculuksien | ||
partitive | ranunculusta | ranunculuksia | ||
inessive | ranunculuksessa | ranunculuksissa | ||
elative | ranunculuksesta | ranunculuksista | ||
illative | ranunculukseen | ranunculuksiin | ||
adessive | ranunculuksella | ranunculuksilla | ||
ablative | ranunculukselta | ranunculuksilta | ||
allative | ranunculukselle | ranunculuksille | ||
essive | ranunculuksena | ranunculuksina | ||
translative | ranunculukseksi | ranunculuksiksi | ||
abessive | ranunculuksetta | ranunculuksitta | ||
instructive | — | ranunculuksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
Latin
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Tadpoles_10_days.jpg/220px-Tadpoles_10_days.jpg)
Etymology
The diminutive of rāna (“frog”) + -unculus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /raːˈnun.ku.lus/, [räːˈnʊŋkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /raˈnun.ku.lus/, [räˈnuŋkulus]
Noun
rānunculus m (genitive rānunculī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | rānunculus | rānunculī |
Genitive | rānunculī | rānunculōrum |
Dative | rānunculō | rānunculīs |
Accusative | rānunculum | rānunculōs |
Ablative | rānunculō | rānunculīs |
Vocative | rānuncule | rānunculī |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: ranunculus
- French: grenouille, renoncule
- Italian: ranocchio
- Spanish: renacuajo
- Translingual: Ranunculus
References
- “ranunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ranunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ranunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Buttercup family plants
- en:Flowers
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with C
- Finnish terms with rare senses
- fi:Botany
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- Latin terms suffixed with -unculus
- Latin 4-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- la:Flowers