zamia

See also: Zamia

English

A zamia

Etymology

From the genus name Zamia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeɪmi.ə/

Noun

zamia (plural zamias)

1. Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia
   • 1997, Knut Norstog, Trevor J. Nicholls, The Biology of the Cycads‎^[1], page 19:

     It was, in fact, the starchy stems that in some cases led to depletion of wild zamias in some regions of Florida.

Hyponyms

• coontie, sago zamia, Jamaica sago tree, Zamia pumila - type species

Derived terms

• zamia staggers

Further reading

• Zamia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Zamia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Zamia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Agen)):

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Noun

zamia m (plural zamias)

1. zamia (cycad)

Further reading

• “zamia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Zamia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡za.mja/
• Rhymes: -amja
• Hyphenation: zà‧mia

Noun

zamia f (plural zamie)

1. zamia

Further reading

• “zamia”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζημία (zēmía, “loss, damage”), through Doric.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈzaː.mi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡zaː.mi.a]

Noun

zāmia f (genitive zāmiae); first declension

1. hurt, injury, damage, loss

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	zāmia	zāmiae
genitive	zāmiae	zāmiārum
dative	zāmiae	zāmiīs
accusative	zāmiam	zāmiās
ablative	zāmiā	zāmiīs
vocative	zāmia	zāmiae

Synonyms

• (damage): calamitās, damnum, dētrīmentum, iactūra, intertrīmentum

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “loss”): captūra, faenus quaestus

References

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