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unio

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See also: Unio and unió

English

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Etymology

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From the genus name, Unio, from Latin ūniō (large pearl).[1] Doublet of union.

Noun

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unio (plural unios)

  1. Any of the genus Unio of freshwater mussels
    • 1894 May, “Sleep of mollusks”, in Popular Science, volume 45, number 1, page 99:
      In June, 1850, a living pond mussel was sent to Dr. Gray from Australia which had been kept out of water more than a year, and instances of the survival of unios without moisture for long periods are not rare.
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References

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  1. ^ unio”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uˈnio/
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  • Rhymes: -io
  • Syllabification: u‧ni‧o

Noun

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unio (accusative singular union, plural unioj, accusative plural uniojn)

  1. (politics) A union (of states)
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Latin

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Latin numbers (edit)
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2  → 
    Cardinal: ūnus
    Ordinal: prīmus
    Adverbial: semel
    Proportional: simplus
    Multiplier: simplex
    Distributive: singulus, prīvus
    Collective: ūniō
    Fractional: integer

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    From ūnus (one) + -iō.

    Noun

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    ūniō f or m (genitive ūniōnis); third declension

    1. (Late Latin) a unity, union
      Synonym: concursus
      • Eusebius Hyeronymus, Epistolae:
        Virga mater est Domini, simplex, pura, sincera, nullo extrinsecus germine cohaerente, et ad similitudinem Dei unione fecunda. Virgae flos Christus est, dicens: "Ego flos campi, et lilium convallium".
        The stalk is the mother of God, simple, pure, sincere, adjoined by no other sprout from outside, in a manner similar to the fertile unity of God. The flower of the stalk is Christ, saying, "I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys."
    2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the number one, oneness, unity
      • Eusebius Hyeronymus, In Amos:
        Decas decima unione completur.
        A decade is complete with the tenth unit.
    3. (masculine) a single large pearl
      Synonyms: margarīta, bāca
      • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 9.115:
        namque et Juba trādit Arabicīs concham esse similem pectinī īnsectō, hirsūtam echīnorum modō, ipsum ūniōnem in carne grandinī similem.
        For Juba also reports that among the Arabians, the [pearl] shell is similar to a notched scallop, bristly in the manner of sea-urchins, and the pearl itself within the flesh is like a hailstone.
    Declension
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    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative ūniō ūniōnēs
    genitive ūniōnis ūniōnum
    dative ūniōnī ūniōnibus
    accusative ūniōnem ūniōnēs
    ablative ūniōne ūniōnibus
    vocative ūniō ūniōnēs
    Descendants
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    Etymology 2

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      From ūnus (one) + -iō.

      Verb

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      ūniō (present infinitive ūnīre, perfect active ūniī, supine ūnītum); fourth conjugation (post-augustan, very rare)

      1. to unite, to combine into one
        Synonyms: coniungō, conserō, colligō
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      See also descendants at ūnītus (perfect passive participle).

      Etymology 3

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        From a Proto-Italic *uznjō, continuing a Proto-Indo-European *wósh₂r̥ (garlic, onion) seen also in Hittite 𒉿𒀸𒄯 (wašḫar, garlic), Sanskrit उष्ण (uṣṇa, onion), Pashto اوږه (uǵa, garlic), Khowar وریݱنو (wreẓnú, garlic).[2]

        Noun

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        ūniō m (genitive ūniōnis); third declension

        1. a kind of onion
          • ca. AD 60–65, Columella, De Re Rustica 12.10.1:
            pompeianam vel ascaloniam cepam vel etiam marsicam simplicem quam vocant unionem rustici eligito: ea est autem quae non fruticavit nec habuit suboles adhaerentis
            Pick out a Pompeian or Ascalonian onion, or a plain Marsian onion, which rural folk call unio – the kind that has not sprouted or developed shoots.
        Declension
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        Third-declension noun.

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        References

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        1. ^ Lausberg, Heinrich (1965), Lingüística Románica, tomo I: Fonética, Madrid: Gredos, § 254:frūmentu froment, fūsione foison, ūnire fr. a. onir, ūnione oignion 'cebolla', mūcere moisir
        2. ^ Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (2006), “The Hittite Name for ‘Garlic’”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 59, number 3, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →DOI, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 341–345.

        References

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        • ūnĭo (noun 1 and 3)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • ūnĭo (verb)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • unio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
        • unio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
        • "unio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
        • "unire", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

        Polish

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        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        unio

        1. vocative singular of unia