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) IPA(key): /pae̯ˈoː.ni.a/, [päe̯ˈoːniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈo.ni.a/, [peˈɔːniä]
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
Descendants
- → Catalan: peònia (learned)
- → Danish: pæon
- → Old English: peonia
- Old French: pyoine
- → German: Päonie
- → Italian: peonia (learned)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: peon, pion
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: peon, pion
- → Polish: peonia
- → Portuguese: peónia, peônia (learned)
- → Spanish: peonía (learned)
- → Swedish: pion
- → Finnish: pioni
- → Translingual: Paeonia
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
- “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
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