clematis

See also: Clematis

English
Clematis vitalba

Etymology

From Latin clematis, from Ancient Greek κληματιτής (klēmatitḗs), κλεματισ (klematis), from κλήμα (klḗma, “vine, branch with vines”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛmətɪs/

Noun

clematis (plural clematises or clematis)

  1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Clematis, vigorous climbing lianas found throughout the temperate zones.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κληματίς (klēmatís).

Noun

clēmatis f (genitive clēmatidis); third declension

  1. the name of various climbing plants

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative clēmatis clēmatidēs
Genitive clēmatidis clēmatidum
Dative clēmatidī clēmatidibus
Accusative clēmatidem clēmatidēs
Ablative clēmatide clēmatidibus
Vocative clēmatis clēmatidēs

Descendants

References
  • clematis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • clematis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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