hedera

Etymology

From the genus name Hedera, in turn from Latin hedera (“ivy”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛ.də.ɹə/

Noun

hedera (plural hederas)

1. (horticulture) Any Old World ivy of the genus Hedera
   • 2007, March 8, “Jan Benzel”, in Philadelphia Calls Off Winter for a Week‎:

     The American Ivy Society hewed closely to the theme, exhibiting only hederas that come from Ireland or have an Irish name.

Anagrams

• Hardee, adhere, header, heared, rehead

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize, grasp, take”), the same source as Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to get, grasp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.de.ra/, [ˈhɛ.dɛ.ra]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.de.ra/, [ˈeː.de.ra]

Noun

hedera f (genitive hederae); first declension

1. ivy

References

• hedera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hedera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hedera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• hedera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette