zamia

See also: Zamia

English

A zamia

Etymology

From the genus name Zamia

Noun

zamia (plural zamias)

  1. Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia
    • 1997, Knut Norstog & Trevor J. Nicholls, The Biology of the Cycads‎, page 19:
      It was, in fact, the starchy stems that in some cases led to depletion of wild zamias in some regions of Florida.

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French

Noun

zamia m (plural zamias)

  1. zamia (cycad)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζημία (zēmía, “loss, damage”).

Pronunciation

Noun

zāmia f (genitive zāmiae); first declension

  1. hurt, injury, damage, loss

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative zāmia zāmiae
genitive zāmiae zāmiārum
dative zāmiae zāmiīs
accusative zāmiam zāmiās
ablative zāmiā zāmiīs
vocative zāmia zāmiae

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References

  • zamia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • zamia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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