zea

See also: Zea and ze'a

Italian

Etymology

From translingual Zea, from Latin zēa (“spelt”), from Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: zè‧a

Noun

zea f (plural zee)

1. A member of the Zea taxonomic genus.

Derived terms

• tossizeismo

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá, “spelt”), from Proto-Indo-European *yewo-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.a/, [ˈd̪͡z̪eːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ze.a/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːä]

Noun

zēa f (genitive zēae); first declension

1. A type of grain; spelt (Triticum spelta)
2. emmer wheat.
3. A type of rosemary.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zēa	zēae
Genitive	zēae	zēārum
Dative	zēae	zēīs
Accusative	zēam	zēās
Ablative	zēā	zēīs
Vocative	zēa	zēae

Descendants

• English: zein
• Translingual: Zea

References

• “zea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• zea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “zea”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

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Yola

Etymology

From Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”).

Noun

zea

1. sea