castanea

See also: Castanea, castañea, and castañeá

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia), from κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kasˈta.ne.a/

Noun

castanea f (genitive castaneae); first declension

a chestnut tree
a chestnut (nut)

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	castanea	castaneae
genitive	castaneae	castaneārum
dative	castaneae	castaneīs
accusative	castaneam	castaneās
ablative	castaneā	castaneīs
vocative	castanea	castaneae

Synonyms

(chestnut tree): castaneārius (Mediaeval)

Derived terms

Descendants

Arabic: كَسْتَنَاء‎ (kastanāʾ)
Albanian: gështenjë
Aromanian: cãstãnji
Asturian: castaña
Catalan: castanya, castany
Corsican: castagna
English: castanet, chestnut
French: châtaigne, châtaignier, châtain
Friulian: cjastine
Galician: castaña
German: Kastanie

Italian: castagna, castagno, castano
Occitan: castanha, castanhièr
Old Portuguese: castanna
Portuguese: castanha
Romanian: castană, castan
Sicilian: castagna
Spanish: castaña, castaño
Turkish: Kestane
Translingual: Castanea
Venetian: castegna
Welsh: castanwydd

References

castănĕa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
castanea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
castănĕa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 271/2
“castanea” on page 281/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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