ranunculus

See also: Ranunculus

English
Ranunculus repens

Etymology

From Latin rānunculus.

Noun

ranunculus (plural ranunculuses or ranunculi)

  1. Any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot.

Synonyms

Translations
buttercup — see buttercup

Finnish

Etymology

< Latin

Noun

ranunculus

  1. (rare, botany) ranunculus (plant of the genus Ranunculus)

Declension
Inflection of ranunculus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative ranunculus ranunculukset
genitive ranunculuksen ranunculusten
ranunculuksien
partitive ranunculusta ranunculuksia
illative ranunculukseen ranunculuksiin
singular plural
nominative ranunculus ranunculukset
accusative nom. ranunculus ranunculukset
gen. ranunculuksen
genitive ranunculuksen ranunculusten
ranunculuksien
partitive ranunculusta ranunculuksia
inessive ranunculuksessa ranunculuksissa
elative ranunculuksesta ranunculuksista
illative ranunculukseen ranunculuksiin
adessive ranunculuksella ranunculuksilla
ablative ranunculukselta ranunculuksilta
allative ranunculukselle ranunculuksille
essive ranunculuksena ranunculuksina
translative ranunculukseksi ranunculuksiksi
instructive — ranunculuksin
abessive ranunculuksetta ranunculuksitta
comitative — ranunculuksineen

Synonyms

Latin
rānunculī (tadpoles)

Etymology

The diminutive of rāna (“frog”) +‎ -unculus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /raːˈnun.ku.lus/, [raːˈnʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

rānunculus m (genitive rānunculī); second declension

  1. a little frog, polliwog, tadpole
  2. buttercup, crowfoot (Ranunculus)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rānunculus rānunculī
Genitive rānunculī rānunculōrum
Dative rānunculō rānunculīs
Accusative rānunculum rānunculōs
Ablative rānunculō rānunculīs
Vocative rānuncule rānunculī

Descendants

References
  • ranunculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ranunculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ranunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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