samara

See also: Samara, sámara, sâmara, and Samāra

English

A samara from a maple tree.

Etymology

Via New Latin from Latin samara, from Gaulish.

Noun

samara (plural samaras or samarae)

  1. The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin samara, from Gaulish.

Noun

samara f (plural samare)

  1. (of botany) samara
    winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).

Noun

samara f (genitive samarae); first declension

  1. (of botany) samara

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative samara samarae
genitive samarae samarārum
dative samarae samarīs
accusative samaram samarās
ablative samarā samarīs
vocative samara samarae

References

  • samara in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • samara in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • samara in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • samara in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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