diadema

Etymology

From Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma), from διαδέω (diadéō) "I bind around".

Noun

diadema m (plural diademi)

1. diadem
2. tiara

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /di.aˈdeː.ma/

Noun

diadēma n (genitive diadēmatis); third declension

1. diadem, crown

References

• diadema in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• diadema in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diadema in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• diadema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• diadema in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diadema in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Etymology

From Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma), from διαδέω (diadéō, “I bind around”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djaˈdema/, [d̪jaˈðema]

Noun

diadema f (plural diademas)

1. tiara (ornamental coronet)
2. diadem, crown
3. halo

Further reading

• “diadema” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.